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Half-Length Portrait of Alice Helleu, the Artist's Wife

A work made of red and black chalk, heightened with white pastel and white pastel mixed with red chalk, on cream wove japanese paper.

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  • A work made of red and black chalk, heightened with white pastel and white pastel mixed with red chalk, on cream wove japanese paper.

Date:

c. 1895

Artist:

Paul-César Helleu
French, 1859-1927

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul-César Helleu

Title

Half-Length Portrait of Alice Helleu, the Artist's Wife

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1890–1900

Medium

Red and black chalk, heightened with white pastel and white pastel mixed with red chalk, on cream wove Japanese paper

Dimensions

51.8 × 37.6 cm (20 7/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Estate of Robert Forsyth

Reference Number

1927.1716

Extended information about this artwork

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