Lot Essay
The two figures in the foreground are duplicated in the detail of a painting titled La Fenaison, which was exhibited at the Salon in 1887, no. 1519, (location unknown).
.jpg?w=1)
Repos pendant la fenaison
Details
Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Repos pendant la fenaison
signed 'L. Lhermitte' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15¼ x 18¼ in. (38.5 x 46 cm.)
Repos pendant la fenaison
signed 'L. Lhermitte' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15¼ x 18¼ in. (38.5 x 46 cm.)
Provenance
Possibly with Allard & Noel, Paris.
Possibly with Knoedler Gallery, New York.
Anonymous sale; Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1980.
Purchased from the above by Mr. Pacitti.
Possibly with Knoedler Gallery, New York.
Anonymous sale; Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1980.
Purchased from the above by Mr. Pacitti.
Literature
Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 149, no. 234 (illustrated).