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Artist or Maker: Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (Lyon 1815-1891 Paris)

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Description: Study of the lower arm and right leg of a seated man, with a subsidiary studies of his shoe and of drapery
signed (?) 'EM' and inscribed 'à ajouter dans le bas a...'
black and white chalk on grey-blue paper, on two joined sheets
12 1/8 x 10 in. (310 x 254 mm.); right edge irregular

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Provenance: A. Normand (L. 153c)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 25 January 2002, lot 155.

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