Lot 21
  • 21

Léon-Augustin Lhermitte

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Léon-Augustin Lhermitte
  • Mère et enfant 
  • signed L. Lhermitte (lower right)
  • pastel on paper
  • 13 by 10 in.
  • 33 by 25.4 cm

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, October 23, 1990, lot 323, illustrated 
Acquired at the above sale

Literature

Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte: 1844-1925: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 278, no. 686-1, illustrated 

Condition

Pastel on paper mounted on board, possibly as part of the artist's preparation. The work presents well. The surface is clean and bright and the medium remains fresh.
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