Comtesse Greffulhe assise au château de Bois-Boudeau

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Paul César Helleu (1859-1927)
Comtesse Greffulhe assise au château de Bois-Boudeau
signed 'Helleu' (lower left) and inscribed 'Comtesse Greffulhe a Bois Boudreau' (on the mount)
watercolour on paper
23 1/8 x 18½ in. (58.7 x 47 cm.)

Provenance

Collection of Comte Robert de Montesquiou.

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Lot Essay

The sitter of the present work was the cousin and muse of Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1855-1921), a prominent figure in the social, artistic, and intellectual circles of Paris. As a society beauty Comtesse Elizabeth Greffulhe made a great impression on Proust who used her as the basis for one of his characters in L'indifférent.

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