French School, 19th century - A portrait study of the 'Sultan's Wife', indistinctly signed lower left & dated 1890/9?, pastel & coloured chalks - 130 x 80cms
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Henriette de Téhéran (French, active 1891-1892)
Fiancée du Sultan
signed 'Htte de Téhéran/1890' (lower left), inscribed on an exhibition label attached to the reverse
pastel
131 x 81.5cm (51 9/16 x 32 1/16in).
Sold for £6,875 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • EXHIBITED:
    Nice, Société des Beaux-Arts, 14me Exposition, 1891-1892.

    There is very little known about the present artist, although she did exhibit one other work at the Société des Beaux-Arts exhibition of 1892, entitled La Gorge aux Loups (Foret de Fontainebleau)

Category: Fine Art / 19th Century Paintings

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