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Léon-Augustin Lhermitte
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Léon-Augustin Lhermitte
- La Belle Journée
- signed L. Lhermitte (lower left)
- oil on canvas
- 25 3/4 by 33 1/4 in.
- 65.4 by 84.5 cm
Provenance
Goupil, Paris (by April 1902, no. 27579)
Madame Delaroche, Lyon (acquired from the above, July 1902)
Kaufmann Collection, Paris
Wallis & Son ("The French Gallery"), London (by 1906)
Marie Louise Paterson (and sold, her sale: Sotheby’s, New York, March 17-19, 1938, lot 39, illustrated)
F. Schnittjer & Son (acquired at the above sale, and sold, their sale, Sotheby’s, New York, January 14, 1943, lot 20, illustrated)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection (acquired circa 1970)
Thence by descent
Madame Delaroche, Lyon (acquired from the above, July 1902)
Kaufmann Collection, Paris
Wallis & Son ("The French Gallery"), London (by 1906)
Marie Louise Paterson (and sold, her sale: Sotheby’s, New York, March 17-19, 1938, lot 39, illustrated)
F. Schnittjer & Son (acquired at the above sale, and sold, their sale, Sotheby’s, New York, January 14, 1943, lot 20, illustrated)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection (acquired circa 1970)
Thence by descent
Exhibited
Paris, Salon, 1902, no. 771
The Brooklyn Museum, 1920 (lent by Marie Louise Paterson)
The Brooklyn Museum, 1920 (lent by Marie Louise Paterson)
Literature
Mary Michele Hamel, A French Artist: Léon Lhermitte: 1844-1925, Ph.D. dissertation, Washington University, St. Louis, 1974, C255, no. 252
Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte: 1844-1925: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 140, no. 183, illustrated (as location unknown)
Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte: 1844-1925: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 140, no. 183, illustrated (as location unknown)
Condition
Unlined. Work has recently been cleaned. Small chips of loss at upper right edge. UV light: Area of inpainting and line of inpainting to address frame abrasion in lower left foreground. Small brushy areas of inpainting to the trees at upper right and upper left and possible additional strokes to the figures at lower right. A few pindots of inpainting in landscape at center and strokes to the tree at left of center.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.