Lot 352
  • 352

Henri Lebasque

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Lebasque
  • Saint-Tropez, Madame Lebasque et Marthe à la fontaine
  • Signed Lebasque and dated 1907 (lower left)

  • Oil on canvas
  • 35 1/4 by 31 3/8 in.
  • 89.5 by 79.8 cm

Provenance

Sale: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, November 28, 1924, lot 39
Sale: A. Bellier, Paris, June 24, 1953, lot 86
Sale: Wetterwald & Rannou-Cassegrain, Nice, November 26, 2000, lot 173
Richard Green Fine Paintings, London
Acquired from the above in 2001

Exhibited

Le Cannet-Rocheville, H. Lebasque, 1970, no. 8, illustrated in the catalogue
Vence, Château des Villeneuv, Lebasque, 1981, no. 13, (titled La toilette de l'adolescente)

Literature

Denise Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Neuilly-sur-Marne, 2008, no. 1175, illustrated p. 290

Condition

Work is in good condition. Canvas is not lined. Surface retains a rich and textured impasto. Under UV light: a three inch horizontal line of inpainting and two small spots at upper right quadrant. Scattered hairline strokes to address minor cracking throughout composition have been sensitively executed and are not visible to unaided eye. Otherwise fine.
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