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Property of a Private Collector
Enfant dans un verger en fleurs (Pierre Lebasque)
Lot Closed
March 17, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private Collector
Henri Lebasque
1865 - 1937
Enfant dans un verger en fleurs (Pierre Lebasque)
signed with artist's initial L (lower right)
oil on canvas
38⅛ by 51¼ in.
97 by 130 cm.
Executed circa 1913.
Manor Circle Gallery, New York
Maxwell Galleries, Ltd., San Francisco
Richard Smart, Hawaii (acquired from the above in 1969)
Puuopelu Art Museum, Hawaii
Christie's New York, 1 May 1996, lot 160 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Christie's New York, 2 November 2005, lot 390 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, New York
Christie's New York, 10 May 2007, lot 311 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Denise Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Neuilly-sur-Marne, 2008, no. 575, p. 173, illustrated
The canvas is unlined. The edges are taped. Minor craquelure in the thickly painted areas. Paint shrinkage in the blue pigments in the sky along the upper edge with some associated losses to the to the branches at the upper center. Two further instances of craquelure near the center of the composition. Additional paint shrinkage surrounding the aforementioned area of craquelure. A 1 inch loss near the center of the right edge. Under UV light: no inpainting is apparent. This work is in overall good condition.
Framed: 47½ by 60⅞ in. (121 by 155 cm.)