Lot Essay
This scene depicts an encounter between a young gentleman and a veteran of Napoleon's Grand Armée.
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La rencontre
Details
Théophile Steinlen (French, 1859-1923)
La rencontre
signed 'Steinlen' (lower right)
pastel and gouache on paper laid onto card, unframed
15¾ x 141/8 in. (40.5 x 35.7 cm.)
La rencontre
signed 'Steinlen' (lower right)
pastel and gouache on paper laid onto card, unframed
15¾ x 141/8 in. (40.5 x 35.7 cm.)
Provenance
Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866-1911)
Literature
Peter Dittmar, Steinlen, Zurich 1984, p.18, No 25 (illustrated).
Illustrated on the front of Gil Blas Supplément hebdomadaire du vendredi, 2 Oct. 1896.
Illustrated on the front of Gil Blas Supplément hebdomadaire du vendredi, 2 Oct. 1896.