Lot 41
  • 41

Léon-Augustin Lhermitte

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Léon-Augustin Lhermitte
  • La baignade
  • signed L. Lhermitte and dated 1902 (lower left)
  • pastel on paper
  • 27 1/2 by 39 1/2 in.
  • 69.8 by 100.3 cm

Provenance

Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (acquired from the above, circa 1902)
Collection of Abraham Burg, Marblehead, Massachusetts
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Monique Le Pelley-Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925), catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 238, no. 442, illustrated

Condition

Paper is laid down on board with irregular edges and repaired tears at upper and lower right corners.
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