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Mademoiselle Ellen Helleu (The Artist's Daughter)

A work made of black conté crayon, with red conté crayon and brown wax crayon, heightened with touches of white chalk, on cream wove paper, tipped on blue laid paper, laid down on cream board.

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  • A work made of black conté crayon, with red conté crayon and brown wax crayon, heightened with touches of white chalk, on cream wove paper, tipped on blue laid paper, laid down on cream board.

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

Mademoiselle Ellen Helleu (The Artist's Daughter)

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

Black Conté crayon, with red Conté crayon and brown wax crayon, heightened with touches of white chalk, on cream wove paper, tipped on blue laid paper, laid down on cream board

Dimensions

35.2 × 19 cm (13 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.3506

Extended information about this artwork

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