Paul César Helleu Portrait Prints
French, 1859-1927
Rich impression with dramatic drypoint burr and tone no other artist epitomizes the whole atmosphere of elegance and hedonistic pleasure which pervaded Paris society at the first decade of the century as does Helleu. A close friend of Proust and the inspiration for one of the principal characters in La Recherche du Temps Perdu, Helleu’s whole life style echoed the incomparable elegance and flow of his drawing, the sheer style of his art, and his eye for the poses of the beautiful women who were his friends and his patrons. During the 1870’s, Helleu had come to know the painters of Impressionism and also artists Sargent and Whistler who became his special friends and inspiration. By the early 1880’s, he had already developed the quality of expressive sweeping line, which is the essence of his drawing, but in 1885 he was encouraged by Tissot to try working on prints in drypoint. At this time, Tissot had decided, after the death of his lover and model Kathleen Newton, to travel to the Holy Land on an artistic pilgrimage. Having decided he would no longer engrave, he gave Helleu his diamond stylus…a literal and figurative “passing of the baton”. It was in the incision and texture of drypoint that his art was to reach one of its greatest peaks. He had an innate feel for the balance between a lightly curving stroke and the deeply cut highly tonal burr of the strongest drypoint. Around the turn of the century he started to combine drypoint with multi-inking in colors, the areas of color restricted to such touches as the bows on the hats, the hair color or the red of the lips. The plate was drawn at a single sitting, and then the color inks were brushed onto it. The results are some of the most splendid and decorative of all Belle Époque prints.to
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Artist: Paul César Helleu
La Duchesse de Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Storrs, CT
Paul César Helleu. La Duchesse de Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt. c. 1901. Drypoint. 21 1/2 x 13 3/4 (sheet 24 x 15). A rich impression printed o...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Paul César Helleu Portrait Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
$16,000 Sale Price
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Madame Helleu Looking at Watteau drawings at the Louvre..
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Storrs, CT
Madame Helleu Looking at Watteau drawings at the Louvre. (En regardant les Watteau de Louvre). c. 1895. Drypoint printed in 2 colors - black and sepia. 11 3/4 x 15 7/8. Goncourt 3, d...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Paul César Helleu Portrait Prints
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Drypoint, Color
$6,500 Sale Price
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Elegant Woman Profile - Original Etching, Printed signature
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul César Helleu
Elegant Woman Profile, 1913
Original Etching
Printed signature
On vellum 26 x 20 cm (c. 10.5 x 8 inch)
Very good condition, light defects at the edge of the sheet
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1890s Art Nouveau Paul César Helleu Portrait Prints
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Classical Studies of a Lady - Original lithograph - Printed signature, 1897
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul César Helleu
Paris : Classical Studies of a Lady, 1897
Original litograph
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12")
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"Madame Georges Menier" Portrait, by Paul Cesar Helleu
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HELLEU, PAUL CÉSAR
(1859 -1927)
"MADAME GEORGES MENIER"
Montesquiou XXI
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Signed in pencil, lower right
Printed on wove paper
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Miss Taylor
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Located in Fairlawn, OH
Miss Taylor
Drypoint, c. 1900
Signed in pencil lower left (see photo)
Small edition, about 10
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Condition: Excellent
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"Dame a la Toque", fabulous drypoint etching by Paul Cesar Helleu
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Hinsdale, IL
HELLEU, PAUL CÉSAR
(1859 - 1927)
"La Dame a la Toque"
(Lady in Fur Hat)
Montesquiou XXXVI, c. 1906
Drypoint printed in colors on pale cream wove paper
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"Dame a la Toque", fabulous drypoint etching by Paul Cesar Helleu
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HELLEU, PAUL CÉSAR
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"La Dame a la Toque"
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Sig...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Paul César Helleu Portrait Prints
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Portrait of Whistler with the Monacle.
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Storrs, CT
Portrait of Whistler with the Monacle. 1897. Drypoint. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 (sheet 16 3/4 x 11 5/8). A carefully wiped impression with plate tone, from the cancelled plate (there were onl...
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19th Century Impressionist Paul César Helleu Portrait Prints
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$1,600 Sale Price
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Shy Red Hair Woman - Lithograph
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul César Helleu
Shy Red Hair Woman, 1913
Lithograph and watercolor stencil
Printed signature
On vellum 26 x 20 cm (c. 10.5 x 8 inch)
Very good condi...
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1890s Art Nouveau Paul César Helleu Portrait Prints
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"Dame a la Toque", fabulous drypoint etching by Paul Cesar Helleu
By Paul César Helleu
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HELLEU, PAUL CÉSAR
(1859 - 1927)
"La Dame a la Toque"
(Lady in Fur Hat)
Drypoint printed in colors on pale cream wove paper, c. 1906
Signed in black crayo...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Paul César Helleu Portrait Prints
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