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PAUL CÉSAR HELLEU Portrait de Alice Helleu.
Drypoint printed in dark reddish brown, circa 1900. 275x396 mm; 10 3/4x15 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed and annotated in pencil, lower left. A very good impression.
A portrait of Helleu's (1859-1927) wife, Alice Guérin (1870-1933) whom he met painting a portrait commission of her in 1884. They fell in love and married two years later; throughout their lives together she was Helleu's favorite model and muse.
