Lot 212
  • 212

Henri Le Sidaner

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Le Sidaner
  • Fountain Court, Hampton Court
  • signed Le Sidaner (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 76.5 by 100.6cm., 30 1/8 by 39 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galeries Georges Petit, Paris
William Marchant & Cie, London
Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired circa 1946, probably from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

London, Goupil Gallery, Hampton Court and London by Henri Le Sidaner, 1908
Paris, Salon de la Societé Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1908, no. 726

Literature

Camille Mauclair, Henri le Sidaner, Paris, 1928, illustrated p. 52 
Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Le Sidaner, l'œuvre peint et gravé, Paris, 1989, no. 242, illustrated p. 115

Condition

The canvas is not lined. UV examination reveals some spots of fluorescence which relate to the pigments used by the artist. There is a tiny paint loss to the upper left corner. Otherwise this work is in overall very good condition.
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