Sep 29, 2016 - Sale 2423

Sale 2423 - Lot 244

Price Realized: $ 219
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
ALBERT PAUL GUILLAUME.
"Entre Veuves (Between Widows)." Cartoon for "Le Rire," a series of essays on laughter and comic relief by philosopher Henri Bergson. Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper. 210x267 mm; 8 1/4x10 1/2 inches, on 9 3/4x12 1/2-inch sheet. Signed "A.P. Guillaume" in lower right image, dated, "Jeudi, 25 Oct [19]06" in upper right margin. Foxed. Hinged to matte and framed.

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Full caption translates to: "I'm completely sympathetic, my poor dear lady. . . Who would have told me I would be married three times. Who would guess that only the first one would count?"