Henri Le Sidaner
Le Pavillon
Property from an Important Private Collection
Henri Le Sidaner
1862 - 1939
Le Pavillon
signed Le Sidaner (lower left)
oil on canvas
81.4 by 100.5cm., 32 by 39½in.
Framed: 98.5 by 118cm., 38¾ by 46½in.
Painted in the artist's garden at Gerberoy in 1909.
The canvas is not lined. There is a thick varnish through which the UV light cannot fully penetrate but UV inspection does reveal several areas of scattered tiny specks of retouching and a spot of historic retouching just to the right of the building and one just above the centre of the fountain pool. The canvas weave is not entirely uniform and there are a few raised lines of weave in places. There are some scattered fine lines of craquelure to the composition and some frame abrasion with associated tiny losses in places to parts of the extreme edges. This work is in overall good condition.
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Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (acquired by 1909, probably from the artist)
Mr Rigaudias, Paris (acquired by 1928)
Mahé Collection
Sale: Christie’s, London, 30th November 1971, lot 12
Private Collection (sold: Sotheby’s, London, 1st July 1982, lot 452)
Richard Green Fine Paintings, London (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above in 1984. Sold: Sotheby’s, London, 23rd June 2011, lot 108)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Bulletin de l'Académie des Beaux Arts, Paris, January 1930
Rémy Le Sidaner, Gerberoy, Boulevard du Beauvaisis, Rouen, 1985, pl. Q, illustrated p. 105 (titled La roseraie au crépuscule)
Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Le Sidaner, L'œuvre peint et gravé, Milan, 1989, no. 256, illustrated p. 119
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Henri Le Sidaner, 1925, no. 9
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Henri Le Sidaner, 1929 (titled Le Pavillon au crepuscule)
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, 2016, no. 91, illustrated in colour in the catalogue