Lot 42
  • 42

Léon-Augustin Lhermitte

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Léon-Augustin Lhermitte
  • Gerbes en Tas
  • signed L. Lh. (lower right)
  • pastel on stretched paper
  • 10 7/8 by 16 1/4 in.
  • 27.6 by 41.2 cm

Provenance

The Artist's Studio
Charles and Sarah Lhermitte (in 1925)
Sarah Lhermitte (in 1945)
Suzanne Durand (in 1969)
Private Collection (in 1980)
Private Collection (in 1982)
Private Collection, Paris (in 1991) 
Sale: Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Paris, March 31, 2000, lot 54, illustrated

Exhibited

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, The Paine Art Center & Arboretum, Léon Lhermitte (1844-1925), September 21-November 10, 1974, no. 24, illustrated

Literature

Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925), Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 206, no. 264, illustrated

Condition

Very good condition. Surface is somewhat dirty but otherwise fine.
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