Paul Helleu
1859-1927
Portrait of Belle da Costa Greene
1913
26 9/16 x 21 inches (675 x 534 mm)
Black, white, and red chalk on paper.
1950.12
Bequest of Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes
Belle da Costa Greene came to the Library at the age of twenty-one in 1905 as J. Pierpont Morgan's librarian and was later named Director in 1924 when the Library was incorporated as an endowed institution. Helleu drew Belle's portrait in 1913, several months prior to Pierpont Morgan's death.
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Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in black chalk at left, "Helleu".
Associated names
Greene, Belle da Costa, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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