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- Sale 6379
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Sale 6379
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Estimate$30,000 – $50,000
Provenance:
German sale, Zurich, lot 69.
Hammer Galleries, New York, New York (as Fille à la Lecture).
(Likely) acquired directly from the above by the family of the present owner.
Exhibited:
(Possibly) "Panama Pacific International Exhibition," San Francisco, California, 1915, no. 404 (as Intérieur, Fillette Lisant).
(Possibly) "Exhibition of French Art," Winterthur Art Society, Winterthur, Switzerland, October 22 - November 26, 1915, no. 75 (as Intérieur avec fleurs et jeune fille).
Literature:
Paul Vitry, "Henry Lebasque," in Art et Décoration, January - June 1914, Paris, V. 35, p. 83 (illustrated).
Paul Vitry, Henri Lebasque, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1928, p. 226 (illustrated).
Denise Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque: Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. I, Arteprint, Paris, 2008, no. 705, p. 200 (illustrated).
Framed: 31 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust, with heavier deposits on the verso; canvas is lined and margins are trimmed; a complicated tear extending through the girl's purple bow through her face, approximately 7 inches in length, and with inpainting visible under close viewing; a few instance of pinpoint brown stains, some of which are in the girl's left hand; very faint craquelures to the impasto paint along the lower edge; under a discolored varnish. Under UV light: the repaired tear fluoresces; no other apparent inpainting is visible. Additional images available upon request.
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