PAUL CESAR HELLEU

(1859 – 1927) ‘La jolie modiste’  Presumed Portrait of Gabrielle Chanel, known as Coco Chanel  Black, red and white chalks 470 x 395 mm Inscribed, signed and dated in black chalk on the right: La jolie modiste / Helleu / Deauville 1912  Certificate of Amis de Paul-César Helleu, dated 18 February 2015 Paul César Helleu…

MATTEO ROSSELLI

(1578 – Florence – 1650) Head of a Young Girl Black and red chalk 222 x 185 mm Inscribed in pencil in the lower right corner : Rosselli Inscribed in ink on the back of the drawing Matteo Rosselli can be considered as one of the first florentine painters who took part to the baroque movement.…

PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES

(1824, Lyon – Paris, 1898) Study for  “Bellum” (Musée de Picardie, Amiens) Pen and brown ink on tracing paper 19 x 26.8 cm 1861 Exhibition: Puvis de Chavannes, Paris, Grand-Palais and Ottawa, Galerie Nationale du Canada,1976-1977, no.  39, reproduced p. 74 Provenance:  Formerly Henri Puvis de Chavannes collection (1893-1955); Private collection, France. Issued from a…

PIERRE THUILLIER

(1799 Amiens – Paris 1858) Road Along the Tombs at Taormina Oil on canvas 41.2 x 59.5 cm Signed and dated, lower left: P. Thuillier.1841. Exhibition: Paris, Salon de 1843, no. 1139 Provenance : Sale after the death of the artist, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Maître Pillet, 14 February 1859, No. 36 “La voie des Tombeaux,…

PIERRE-PAUL PRUD’HON

(1758 Cluny – Paris 1832) La Toilette Oil on canvas 32,5 x 24 cm PROVENANCE: Abel Vautier Collection; Grille Collection; Guibert Collection (bought from the previous owner for 1100 francs in 1830); Feuardent Collection; André Lazard Collection EXHIBITION: Exposition, Caen, 1861, no. 41; Exposition des œuvres de Prud’hon au profit de sa fille, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 4…

deus oeuvres par Helleu et Dupas

FRIEZE MASTERS 2022

Didier Aaron & Cie is participating in Frieze Masters 12 – 16 October 2022, Stand A2 The Regent’s Park – London Paul César Helleu (1859-1927)                                                       Jean Dupas (1882-1964) La jolie modiste,                                                                               Metaphysical Architectures Presumed portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel                               Oil on isorel Black, red and white chalks. Signed lower…

PIERRE-ATHANASE CHAUVIN

View of the Small Town of La Cava, in the Kingdom of Naples,  Seen from the Salerno Side  Oil on canvas 71.5 x 98 cm Signed lower left: P. Chauvin Circa 1810 PROVENANCE : Possibly the collection of the Duc de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838); by inheritance, Alexandre-Edmond (1787-1872) (his nephew); Napoléon-Louis (1811-1898) (his great-nephew); possibly the…

JEAN-BAPTISTE BERTRAND

CALLED JAMES BERTRAND (Lyon 1823 – Orsay 1887) Lesbia end the Sparrow Oil on canvas 110 x 65 cm Signed and dated, lower left : JAMES BERTRAND.1875. PROVENANCE : Scottish, private collection EXHIBITION : Salon de 1875, n°185 After growing up in Lyon, Jean-Baptiste Bertrand joined the studio of Claude Bonnefond, a former pupil of…