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T.A STEINLEN Drawing Swiss French Art

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
T.A STEINLEN Drawing Swiss French Art
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THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN
Lausanne 1859 - 1923 Paris (Swiss/French)

Title: Mother and Child.

Technique: Original Stamp Signed Double-Sided color pencil Drawing on paper

Paper size:35 x 27 cm / 13.8 x 10.6 in

Additional Information: This Work is stamped signed with the ink Ink stamp of "Steinlen - Ex. Collection Georges Clavigny" at the lower right corner.
Georges Clavigny (1873-1946) was a French journalist and writer and was also a close friend of Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen.
The collection included many works of Steinlen that were probably given to Georges Clavigny.
His collection was forgotten for many years but was recently re-discovered and was sold by the french auction house Artcurial-Briest in Paris.
This drawing is painted from both sides:
On the front there is a drawing in blue pencil of a mother calling her child while a man is carrying an object.
On the back side there is a second drawing also with blue pencil of a woman carrying her child.

Provenance:Ex. collection of Georges Clavigny.

Condition: Good condition.
some surface dirt and some folds in the marginscorner.