LÉON LHERMITTE | Une rue à Bourges

Private collection, by 1982;
Private collection, Paris, by 1991;
Bonhams, London, 29 October 2008, lot 84 (one of three)

London, The Fine Art Society, 3-27 June 2009, no.24 (as Rue Coursarlon, Bourges)
Paris, Galerie Allard, Les pastels de Léon Lhermitte, 1920

Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte: 1844-1925: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1991, p.197, no.209, catalogued & illustrated

Pastel on paper laid on board. There are some signs of wear and of paper loss along the extreme framing edges, covered by the frame. Otherwise, this work appears to be in good condition and is ready to hang. Presented in a simple gilt frame, glazed.
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Executed in 1916-17.