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Lot 3473* - A192 Old Master Drawings - Friday, 19. June 2020, 11.00 AM

THÉOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN

(Lausanne 1859 – 1923 Paris )
Sketches for the poet Raoul Ponchon. Verso: studies of children. Double-sided sketch sheet, c. 1895.
Blue chalk.
Signed lower right: Steinlen. Verso hand titled by the artist lower left: Raoul Ponchon.
36.5 x 31.5 cm. Framed.

Provenance:
- Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich.

Steinlen, who drew for numerous humorous newspapers, including the Gil Bras illustré, published a drawing of his friend in profile in the summer edition of 1895. The two had met in the surroundings of the legendary Chat Noir.


CHF 900 / 1 200 | (€ 930 / 1 240)

Sold for CHF 1 125 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.