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  • Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program.
Lot 75

Henri Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836-1904): Hélène

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Starting Bid
$400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Lithograph in black on wove paper, 1851, signed in the plate, titled and variously inscribed in another hand at the bottom sheet edge, unnumbered (from the second state; the edition was 25), with label from The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Baigneuses, lithograph in black on laid paper, 1881, signed in the plate, titled and variously inscribed in another hand lower right, unnumbered (from the second state; the edition was 25), with the Alfred Beurdeley II collectors mark (Lugt 421) lower left; Gotterdammerung: Siegfried et les filles du Rhine, lithograph in black on laid paper, 1884, signed in the plate, titled and variously inscribed in another hand along the bottom sheet edge, unnumbered (from the second state; the edition was 25); and Baigneuses, lithograph in black on wove paper laid down on paperboard, 1899, signed in the plate, titled and inscribed in another hand along the bottom sheet edge, unnumbered (from the second state; edition of unknown size), with the Alfred Beurdeley II collectors mark (Lugt 421) lower right.

21 x 27 1/4 in. (sheet), 19 3/4 x 27 1/4 in. (sheet), 22 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (sheet), 12 x 16 in. (sheet), 13 1/8 x 16 in. (overall), all unframed. 

 

Condition

All with margins, pale staining, surface soiling and creasing. Hélène, Baigneuses and Gotterdammerung: Siegfried et les filles du Rhine with remains of old hinges and tape at places around the sheet edges. Baigneuses and Gotterdammerung: Siegfried et les filles du Rhine with repaired tears at the top sheet edges. Hélène  with some foxing. Baigneuses with a small loss at the right sheet edge. 

 with margins. with margins. with full margins. with margins. 

Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.

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Hélène: Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus.

Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.