European and British Art, Part II
European and British Art, Part II
Property from an Historic British Collection
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
Léon Bourgeois
Lot Closed
July 13, 02:22 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Historic British Collection
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
French
1865 - 1953
Léon Bourgeois
dedicated, signed and dated à M. Léon Bourgeois / en sincère et vive cordialité / L. L. Dhurmer / 1901 lower left
pastel on paper
Unframed: 46 by 35cm., 18 by 13¾in.
Framed: 65 by 54cm., 25½ by 21¼in.
Léon Bourgeois (1851-1925); thence to his wife
Gifted by the above to a private collector (sale: Sotheby's, London, 26 March 1980, lot 100)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Léon Bourgeois was a distinguished French politician and Prime Minister of France from 1 November 1895 to 29 April 1896. As one of the founding fathers of the League of Nations he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920. He was also a friend and patron of artists, notably Eugène Boudin.