$281,000
1892 oil on canvas 98 x 78 cm (38 1/2 x 30 3/4 in. ) signed and dated lower left PROVENANCE Acquired from Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris (no. 22249) Collection of John Parkinson, Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (loan 1920-1946) Vose Galleries, Boston, MA Collection of Jacob L. Rosenthal, New York, NY Private Collection, New York EXHIBITED Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts, 1892, no. 683 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1920-1946 LITERATURE New York Herald March 29, 1892 Doumic R. le Moniteur universel May 5, 1892 Fourtel Eugène, le Petit Marseillais May 5, 1892 les Petites Nouvelles May 5, 1892 André A. la France nouvelle May 6, 1892 Cardon E., le Moniteur des arts May 6, 1892 Correspondence Haras May 6, 1892 Fremine Ch., le Rappel May 7, 1892 l'Electeur May 7, 1892 Silvestre A. l'Echo de Paris May 7, 1892 De Fontissant M., le Télégraphe May 9, 1892 Dac H., le Monde May 16, 1892 Godin H., la Revue des Beaux-Arts May 21, 1892 l'Echo républicain May 27, 1892 De Gourcoff O., l'Avenir national May 28, 1892 Dalligny A., le Journal des arts May 31, 1892 le Phare de Dunkerque June 10, 1892 Talansier Ch., le Génie civil July 2, 1892 Furnel Ch., Revue moderne September 10, 1892 Hamel M. M., op cit. C 184, cat. No. 181 Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte: 1844-1925, Catalogue Raisonné (Paris: Editions Cercle D`Art, 1991), p. 136, no. 160, illustrated Léon Lhermitte spent the formative years of his life in rural northern France before moving to Paris at
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2015-09-26
