Woman Reclining on a Sofa

Paul César Helleu

  • Titles Woman Reclining on a Sofa (Title)
  • Artist Paul César Helleu, French, 1859 - 1927
  • Medium drypoint
  • Dimensions plate: 10 1/4 × 15 7/8 in. (26 × 40.3 cm) backing board (irregular): 17 1/8 × 23 1/2 in. (43.5 × 59.7 cm) mount: 18 11/16 × 23 1/2 in. (47.5 × 59.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection, 1991.243
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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