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Mme Helleu and Ellen
Presented by Dr J.H. Badcock 1923
actions: postures and motions
adults
body
children
daughter
family
girl
hand
head / face
Helleu
Helleu, Ellen
individuals: female
looking down
mother
named individuals
people
portraits
society
woman
paper unique chalk
Studies of Mme Helleu and Ellen
support: 419 × 302 mm
Presented by Dr J.H. Badcock 1923
<p><b>Paul Helleu</b> 1859-1927</p>
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/helleu-studies-of-mme-helleu-and-ellen-n03729" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03729</span></a> <b>Studies of Mme Helleu and Ellen</b> <i>c</i>.1895</p>
<p>Not inscribed 
<br/>Chalk on paper, 16 1/2 x 11 7/8 (41.5 x 30) 
<br/>Presented by Dr J.H. Badcock 1923</p>
<p>This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> was presented as 'Studies of a Woman and Child', but comparison with the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drypoint" title="Glossary definition for 'Drypoint'"><span>drypoints</span></a> reproduced in Edmond de Goncourt's <i>Catalogue des Pointes-Sèches d'Helleu</i> (Paris 1897) shows the sitters to be the artist's wife Alice and his elder daughter Ellen, born in 1887. A number of similar drawings of Mme Helleu and the children are reproduced in Helleu's book <i>Nos Bébés</i> (H. Bouquet, Paris, n.d.).</p>
<p>The identification has been confirmed by the artist's younger daughter Mrs C.D. Howard-Johnston, who said that her father sold few drawings of this type.</p>
<p><b>Published in</b>: 
<br/>Ronald Alley, <i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.360, reproduced p.360</p>

Catalogue entry
2004-09-15T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults body children daughter family girl hand head / face Helleu Helleu, Ellen individuals: female looking down mother named individuals people portraits society woman