P. HELLEU (1859-1927), Parisian woman with hat, around 1900, color etching Paul César Helleu (1859 Vannes, Brittany - 1927 Paris): Parisian woman with hat Portrait of a lady with a feathered hat, c. 1900, color etching Technique: color etching on Paper, rolled-on on Cardboard Inscription: Lower right signed in the printing plate: "Helleu". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Parisienne". Date: c. 1900 Description: The work presents a woman characterised by aesthetic elegance, crowned with a dramatic feathered hat. Her gaze, at once direct and shrouded in mystery, lends the depiction a narrative depth. The use of linear hatching to model the face and clothing, as well as the reduction of colour, focuses the viewer on the subtle shading and contours. From a series of portraits of women from Paris. Keywords: Woman; elegance; feathered hat; gaze; mystery; hatching; black and white; portrait; stylisation; art; lines; minimalism; clothing; suggestion; aesthetics; contour; representation; reduction; depth; shadow;, 20th century, Art Nouveau, Portraits, France, Size: Cardboard: 33,0 cm x 18,5 cm (13 x 7,3 in)