Half length pastel portrait of a young lady wearing a pink dress with lace collar. Her strawberry blonde hair is partially pulled back away from her face with the rest of her hair tumbling down from beyond her shoulder, housed in a molded giltwood frame under glass and signed lower left “Helleu” SIZE: 29″ x 24-1/2″. Original: 34″ x 29″ PROVENANCE: Original contents from the estate of Louise Alida Livingston, Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y. Removed from the family home, Greenport L. I., N.Y. CONDITION: Paper is cockling, several fox marks in background, frame has significant losses and separation at corners 51941-21 (500-1,000)