Portrait of Kathleen Martyn

Paul César Helleu
1859-1927

Portrait of Kathleen Martyn
Pastel on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right
Dimensions : 
53 x 45,5 cm / 20.87 x 17.72 inch
Dimensions with frame : 
71 x 64 cm / 27.95 x 25.20 inch

Description of the artwork

British-born Kathlene (sometimes spelt Kathleen) Martyn was a singer and actress. From 1920 to 1926 she performed with the Ziegfeld Folies in New York and in the late twenties she worked as a film actress in several productions.

Origin

Former private Collection of Nicholas Rieger of Schaumburg, Illinois

Literature

Work authenticated by Les Amis de Paul-César Helleu and registered in the archives under number APCH PA-8500
Reprinted in Shadowland Magazine, October 1921, pp. 6-7

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