Portrait of Alexis Rouart

Prints and Drawings

1897

Paul-César Helleu
French, 1859-1927

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Paul-César Helleu
Title: Portrait of Alexis Rouart
Origin: France
Date: 1897
Medium: Drypoint with engraving in black on cream laid paper
Inscriptions: Signed recto, lower left, below plate, in graphite: "Helleu"; inscribed lower right, below plate, in graphite: "n 18"; lower right, below plate, in pen and black ink: "À mon ami Viau / Al. Rouart / 1897"
Dimensions: 336 × 298 mm (image/plate); 575 × 415 mm (sheet)
Credit Line: Stanley Field and Albert H. Wolf funds
Reference Number: 2015.293
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The Art Institute of Chicago, “Van Dyck, Rembrandt and the Portrait Print”, March 5 - August 7, 2016, cat. 129, cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis and Maureen Warren.

Given by Alexis Rouart (1839-1911), Paris, to Dr. Georges Viau (1855-1939), Paris [inscription]. Sold by James Bergquist to the Art Institute, 2015.

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