Lot 37: Auguste Aridas (French, b.1848)

Auguste Aridas (French, b.1848)
Professeur Paul Laurent Courtot smoking a pipe
signed and inscribed 'a mon amie Courtot/A. Aridas' (lower left) and further inscribed 'Paul Laurent COURTOT Professeur de Dessin a Lycée de Limoges née a Paris en 1856 Peint par Auguste Aridas/Professeu a l'ECOLE d'ARTS DECORATIFS de Limogés/née a Angers en 1848' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21¾ x 18¼ in. (55.2 x 46.3 cm.)

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