Portrait of Cléo de Mérode (1874-1965), small full-length, in a lilac and yellow dress

Details

Georges Jules Victor Clairin (French, 1843-1919)
Portrait of Cléo de Mérode (1874-1965), small full-length, in a lilac and yellow dress
signed 'G. Clairin' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30½ x 17¼ in. (77.5 x 43.8 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 9 October 1987, lot 70 (sold £1500)

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Lot Essay

Cléo de Mérode was a ballerina and style icon at the turn of the 20th Century. Renowned for her glamour even more than her dancing, she was romantically linked to King Leopold II of Belgium and Gustav Klimt.

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