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Property of a Private Collector

Henri Lebasque

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.)

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