Lot 163
  • 163

Henri Lebasque

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henri Lebasque
  • La Plage de Morgat
  • Signed Lebasque (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 23 1/2 by 32 in.
  • 60 by 81 cm

Provenance

Sale: Chapelle Martin, Versailles, February 26, 1967, lot 142
Sale: Loudmer, Paris, November 25, 1970, lot 87
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Paris

Literature

Paul Vitry, Henry Lebasque, Paris, 1928, pp. 118-19
Denise Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Neuilly-sur-Marne, 2008, no. 326, illustrated p. 121

Condition

The canvas is unlined. While the colors are extremely bright, the surface appears slightly dirty. Some minor frame abrasion at the upper right corner. Under UV light a few scattered spots of inpainting are visible in the sky. Otherwise fine. This work is in very good condition.
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