Henri Le Sidaner

Louis Le Sidaner, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Thence by descent to the present owner

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Musée du Touquet-Paris-Plage, Henri Le Sidaner et ses amitiés artistiques, 2014

Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Le Sidaner, L'Oeuvre peint et gravé, Paris, 1989, no. 1000, illustrated p. 332

This works is in very good condition. The panel is sound. There is light regular bow to the panel. There is a light layer of varnish to the surface. There is minor rubbing to the panel under the frame. Under UV light: a few minor specks of cosmetic retouching to the upper left in the sky, the upper right, and lower center. Otherwise, fine.
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This work is a study for the important painting Ciel de lune, exhibited by the artist in 1910 at the Société nouvelle de peintres et de sculpteurs, and was acquired at this exhibition by the French State for the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris.