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Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN (1859-1923 )Yvette...

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Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN (1859-1923 )Yvette Guilbert, le Mirliton mars 1891Three double-sided drawings in the same montage. Mademoiselle Yvette Guilbert au théâtre d'ApplicationLavis and gouache highlights. Signed lower right. On the back "Conasse monologue", black pencil drawing. 31 x 20 cmPortrait of Francisque SarceyBlack pencil . Signed lower left and dated 91 on the reverse. On the back "character study " 14 x 14,5 cmCritic and journalist, Francisque Sarcey, with his very enveloped physique, was the favorite target of Alphonse Allais, who claimed to be the only one, with him, to have the right to sign articles Francisque Sarcey . Yvette Guilbert in profileFusain with gouache correction and unexpected annotation in blue pencil. 14 x 11 cm31 x 19.5 cmExhibition : Steinlen retrospective, Maison de la Pensée Française, Paris, 3 December 1960 to 22 January 1961, no. 98. A copy of the Mirliton of March 1891 is included. These works will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the work of Théophile Alexandre Steinlen currently being prepared by Claude Orset and Elisabeth Marechaux Laurentin