Jean & Paule Cailac, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Le Frou-Frou, no. 477, December 4, 1909, illustrated
Raymond Bachollet, Juan Gris, dessinateur de presse, de Madrid à Montmartre, Catalogue raisonné 1904-1912, Paris, 2003, no. FF 12, printed drawing illustrated p. 373

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, affixed to the mount with transparent plastic supports at all four corners. The left edge is deckled and all other edges are slightly unevenly cut. There are pinholes at upper right and left corners, and at the centre of left, upper and right edges, and a few additional pinholes towards the upper part of left and right edges. There is glue remnant along the upper edge, probably from a previous mounting. There is a minor nick to the centre of the right edge. There is some paint shrinkage with associated flecks of paint loss to the white pigment and some superficial dirt ingrained in the white pigment. The are a few flattened creases, predominately to the corners and some minor handling marks in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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