Monday 12 December 2016

New work? FEMALE PORTRAIT BUST IN EXOTIC COSTUME, 1899

Described by Mutual Art as FEMALE PORTRAIT BUST IN EXOTIC COSTUME, 1899.

Charcoal, conté crayon, and pastel on shaped paper

25 1/8 by 21 3/4 in. 63.8 by 55.5 cm

Provenance
 Jay Eldridge (by 1989) Sale: Christie's, New York, October 2, 1990, lot 38 (titled Meisjesportrait) Jeanne Frank Fine Arts, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1993

Not a work I recall seeing before.