Lot 70
  • 70

Henri Baptiste Lebasque

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Henri Baptiste Lebasque
  • Le Repos du modèle
  • signé Lebasque (en bas à gauche)
  • huile sur toile
  • 50,7 x 65,8 cm ; 19 7/8 x 25 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris

Vente : Beaudouin-Ader, Paris, 1ere Vente de dissolution de la Société Anonyme des Galeries Georges Petit, 27 avril 1933, lot 68

Vente : Couturier-Nicolay, Paris, 16 décembre 1981, lot 75

Hazlitt Gooden and Fox, Londres

Collection particulière, Europe (depuis 1989)

Exhibited

Venise, XVIIIème Biennale internationale des Beaux-Arts, 1932 (probablement)

Literature

Denise Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque, catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Paris, 2008, no. 973, reproduit p. 250

Condition

The canvas is not lined. Close inspection reveals isolated areas of hairline craquellure along the right edge. Are only visible under UV light: a minor strip located along the upper edge suggesting repaired frame abrasion, a minor area (approx. 2 x 2 cm) located in the upper right corner, a thin strip (approx. 2 cm long) located in the upper right quadrant and some tiny scattered dots located in the upper left quadrant. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Lebasque' (lower left); oil on canvas. Painted circa 1931-32.