Artist: Henry Somm (French, 1844-1907)
Title: Elégante à l’éventail (Elegant woman with a fan)
Size/Dimensions: 10 ¼ x 7 ½ inches
Frame type/size: Ornate wood frame 21 ½ x 18 inches, matted, archival
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Date created or painted: unknown
Signed: Signed lower right
Provenance: Matsart Auctioneers and Appraisers, Jerusalem
This work has been been reframed with archival materials into its original frame
 
Somm (Francois Clément Sommier) was a painter, watercolorist, draftsman, engraver and caricaturist. He executed engravings for many periodicals, including Paris Etching and Cadart, and wrote a one act comedy for Le Chat Noir. Somm exhibited in the 4th Impressionist exhibit of 1879.