© Bowes Museum
Plaque: Portrait of a Woman
Artist: Paul César Helleu (1859 - 1927), Joseph-Théodore Deck
Location: Bowes Museum
Date: circa 1885
Materials: ceramic
Dimensions: 67 x 36.5 x 2cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £12,500 (Total: £25,000)
Vendor: Through Philip Jeffs
Review number: 5519 (2005)
Provenance:
Private collection; Christie's, 1995; private collection, London.
Description:
The plaque shows a contemporary lady outdoors with a background in the Japanese manner. It seems to be influenced by the work of Manet (who exhibited a series of ladies against decorative backgrounds in the 1880s) and Tissot (who depicted the everyday life of Parisian women). Helleu worked for the ceramicist, Theodore Deck who re-created the Persian techniques of faience glazing which leads to a slightly blurred effect in the glaze.
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