Lot Essay
The drawing is possibly an idea for the lithograph "l'Alcade dans l'Embarras" of 1899. Harlequin's pose is the same in both, while in the lithograph Pierrot is largely hidden behind two other figures.
Details
Charles Conder
An unmounted Fan Leaf: Elegant Ladies in a Garden
watercolour on silk, fan shaped
6¾ x 22in.; and a pen and brown ink drawing of Harlequin and Pierrot by the same artist (2)
An unmounted Fan Leaf: Elegant Ladies in a Garden
watercolour on silk, fan shaped
6¾ x 22in.; and a pen and brown ink drawing of Harlequin and Pierrot by the same artist (2)