Pieter Dupont (1870 - 1911)
'Portrait of Th. Steinlen' (1901) Copper engraving i…

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Pieter Dupont (1870 - 1911) 'Portrait of Th. Steinlen' (1901) Copper engraving in passe-partout, image approx. 30 x 24 cm. (image size not visible under passe-partout). Signed and dated lower right in pencil: 'Dupont/ Nogent S[ur]/M[arne] '01' Lower left numbered 'No. 8' and with dedication in pencil: 'To Mr. J. de Meester' (writer Johan de Meester 1860-1931). 31.5 x 25 cm.

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Pieter Dupont (1870 - 1911)

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