Lot 429
  • 429

HENRI LEBASQUE | Jeune femme au chapeau cloche

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henri Lebasque
  • Jeune femme au chapeau cloche
  • stamped Lebasque (towards lower right)
  • watercolour, gouache and ink on paper
  • 51.5 by 42.6cm., 21 1/4 by 16 3/4 in.
  • Executed circa 1925.

Provenance

Estate of the Artist (sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Henri Lebasque, 1ère vente d'atelier, 7th May 1983, lot 160)
Sale: Castor - Hara, Paris, 25th October 2017, lot 70
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the mount at the upper corners. The edges are unevenly cut and the sheet is lightly time-stained. There are minor handling marks to the extreme edges and few scattered spots of foxing to the background. The verso has evidence of stains to the edges corresponding to a former mounting. Overall this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Denise Bazetoux.