Lot Essay
The present work would appear to be a preparatory study for Schuffenecker's Léguer, or Laquier. A pastel of the same subject, Femme à la jupe rayée, was sold at Christie's, London on 20 May 1991.
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Portrait de femme assise (Mme Schuffenecker)
Details
Claude-Emile Schuffenecker (1851-1934)
Portrait de femme assise (Mme Schuffenecker)
with the studio stamp (lower left)
charcoal on paper
18 5/8 x 12 in. (47.3 x 30.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1887
Portrait de femme assise (Mme Schuffenecker)
with the studio stamp (lower left)
charcoal on paper
18 5/8 x 12 in. (47.3 x 30.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1887
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Paul Prouté, Paris, Spring 1992, lot 49 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. C-205).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. C-205).
Literature
J.E. Grossvogel, Claude-Emile Schuffenecker, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, San Francisco, 2000, no. 195 (illustrated p. 71).
Special notice
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