PAUL BAUDRY (LA ROCHE-SUR-YON 1828 - 1886 PARIS)

PAUL BAUDRY (LA ROCHE-SUR-YON 1828 - 1886 PARIS)
Study of a hand holding a lock of hair; A sheet of studies of arms
black chalk on blue paper
150 x 172 mm; 270 x 316 mm (measured in frame)
framed

PROVENANCE:
with Faerber and Maison, Ltd., London
Emmanuel Charles Bénézit (the former drawing)

Baudry, a prolific draughtsman and celebrated portraitist of Parisian high society, notably designed and decorated the foyer of the Opera Garnier in Paris.

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