Lot 431
  • 431

Henri Lebasque

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Lebasque
  • Préfailles, la sortie du bain
  • signed H. Lebasque (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 61 by 50.3cm., 24 by 19 3/4 in.

Provenance

Galeries Georges Petit, Paris (sale: Baudouin-Ader, Paris, 27th April 1933, lot 79)
Sale: Rheims, Paris, 21st June 1966, lot 249
Sale: Marti, Versailles, 30th November 1970, lot 75
Sale: Laurin, Paris, 4th April 1974, lot 43
Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco (acquired in 1998)
Acquired by the present owner circa 2000

Literature

'Revue d'information artistique' in Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1923, no. 10, illustrated
Denise Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque, Catalogue raisonné, Neuilly-sur-Marne, 2008, vol. I, no. 444, illustrated p. 145 (with erroneous dimensions)

Condition

The canvas is not lined. UV examination reveals a 7cm line of retouching to the upper right corner and some minor dots and lines to the upper chest and tummy of the boy in the foreground. There is a small hole to the canvas to the lower right corner and a few scattered spots of exposed canvas where the pigment has perhaps been rubbed. There is a very fine line of craquelure to the lower left corner. Otherwise this work is in good condition.
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