Sale 2087
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$7,000 – $9,000
We wish to thank Mr. François Lespinasse for confirming the authenticity of the present work.
Provenance:
Collection of Mr. Foussier, Paris.
Exhibited:
Salon de la Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, April 14 - June 30, 1913, no. 746.
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, January 12 - 31, 1918, no. 67.
Literature:
Léonce Bénédite and Georges Bergaud, Albert Lebourg, Éditions des Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1923, p. 40, no. 1483 (illustrated as Le Bac de la Bouille).
Framed: 36 3/4 x 49 1/2 inches.
Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is not lined; paint brush hairs embedded in the varnish along the upper right edge and lower left edge; two pinpoint brown stains each in the upper right corner and in the lower left corner; a thin, diagonal line of inpainting visible under normal viewing condition within the lower center, approximately 8 1/2 inches in length. Under UV light: the aforementioned line of inpainting fluoresces, as well a spot above this line; small spots of inpainting scattered along the upper edge; two small spots of inpainting in the center left; an area of inpainting along the lower center edge; possible inpainting within the clouds in the center, although this fluorescence may be a result of the pigments used. Additional images available upon request.
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