Liane de Pougy, le Chapeau à Plume (M. XXXIX)

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Paul César Helleu
Liane de Pougy, le Chapeau à Plume (M. XXXIX)
drypoint in colours, on wove, signed in pencil, with margins, minor surface dirt overall, mount and light-staining, a 12 mm. tear at the right sheet edge, a small humidity stain in the lower right sheet corner, laid down, framed
P. 580 x 448 mm., S. 690 x 530 mm.

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拍品專文

Before her marriage to Prince Ghika of Romania, Liane de Pougy was the bitter rival of La Belle Otero, one of the most well known courtesans of the era. In her diary, the Duchess of Marlborough (another of Helleu's frequent sitters) recalls one night at a Monte Carlo casino. La Belle Otero dazzled the other guests by wearing every single piece of jewellery she owned. The next evening Liane de Pougy retaliated: she entered the room in a simple white gown, followed by her maid who was festooned with her mistress's jewels, which far outshone those of her rival (cf. Richard Green, Paul César Helleu: An Exhibition of Oils, Pastels and Drypoints, May 1991)