Paul-César Helleu’s Proustian Pastel that Once Belonged to Samuel Pozzi, the Father of Modern Gynecology
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Created in the latter part of the 19th century by Paul-César Helleu, Femme au miroir was for many years part of the collection of the flamboyant Dr. Pozzi, the father of modern gynecology. Paul-César Helleu (1859-1927), Femme au miroir, pastel on canvas, signed, 73 x 111 cm/28.74 x 43.7 in.Estimate: €50,000/80,000 Count Robert de Montesquiou is famous for having inspired the character of Jean des Esseintes, the (anti)hero of Joris-Karl Huysmans' novel À rebours (Against Nature). Better still, his friend Marcel Proust also made him one of the models for Baron de Charlus, one of the main protagonists of À la recherche du temps perdu (In
