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(FRENCH CARTOONS.)
Portfolio of Belle Époque illustrations.Together, 18 drawings of featuring humorous scenes
of shopping sprees, courting, dancing, and tennis matches. Pen, ink, and wash on paper,
heightened in white gouache and blue pencil. Each taped to larger sheet 432x356 mm;
17x14 inches overall. Many signed, with two dated [19]11. Occasional age-toning and
discolorations. Mounted to large sheets of black paper with removable drafting tape,
housed in a portfolio.
[2,000/3,000]
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ALBERT PAUL GUILLAUME.
“Entre Veuves (Between Widows).” Cartoon for “Le Rire,” a series of essays on laughter
and comic relief by philosopher Henri Bergson. Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper.
210x267 mm; 8
1
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4
x10
1
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2
inches, on 9
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x12
1
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-inch sheet. Signed “A.P. Guillaume” in lower
right image, dated,“Jeudi, 25 Oct [19]06” in upper right margin. Foxed. Hinged to matte
and framed.
[300/400]
Full caption translates to:“I’m completely sympathetic, my poor dear lady. . .Who would have told
me I would be married three times.Who would guess that only the first one would count?”
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