Portrait of Miss Gladys Marie Deacon

Boldini, Giovanni
Portrait of Miss Gladys Marie Deacon

1917
Charcoal on paper
48.5 : 34.9 cm
Signed, dated and inscribed lower right: ‘Monsieur Legrand / son ami Boldini / 1917’
Verso portrait of a lady with hat

Annotation:
Louis Legrand was a contributor to important illustrated French magazines around 1900 and created erotic-looking pastels and etchings based on models of people from all walks of life in the Parisian artists’ quarter of Montmartre.

Provenance:
– Gift of the artist to Louis Legrand (1863-1951), Paris
– Sotheby’s, London, November 1982, lot 251
– Christie’s, London, 9 December 1998, lot 186
– Private collection, USA
– Sotheby’s, New York, 25 May 2022, lot 114
– Private collection, Europe

Literature:
Bianca Doria: I Disegni Di Giovanni Boldini. Catalogo Generale, Milan 2011, no. 2720

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