Lot Essay
We are grateful to Comité Léon Lhermitte for confirming the authenticity of this work.
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Ouvroir du béguinage à Gand
Details
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Ouvroir du béguinage à Gand
signed 'L. Lhermitte' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on board
23 1/8 x 32¾ in. (58.8 x 83.2 cm.)
Painted in 1896
Ouvroir du béguinage à Gand
signed 'L. Lhermitte' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on board
23 1/8 x 32¾ in. (58.8 x 83.2 cm.)
Painted in 1896
Provenance
with Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Mrs. Henry P. King, Manchester, Massachusetts.
Her estate sale; Sotheby's, New York, 28 October 1982, lot 153, as In the Sewing Room.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 October 1988, lot 65, as Nuns Sewing.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Mrs. Henry P. King, Manchester, Massachusetts.
Her estate sale; Sotheby's, New York, 28 October 1982, lot 153, as In the Sewing Room.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 October 1988, lot 65, as Nuns Sewing.
Literature
A. Arsène, Le Figaro, 30 April 1899, no. 120.
G. Geffroy, 'Les Deux Salons de 1899', Le Journal, Paris, 30 April 1899, no. 2406.
Baillet, Le Radical, 1 May 1899.
De la Cymaise, Le Soir, 1 May 1899.
G. Mallet, Gazette de France, 1 May 1899.
Torpedo, Le Jour, 1 May 1899.
Valensol, 'Le Salon de la Société Nationale', Le Petit Parisien, Paris, 1 May 1899, no. 8221.
(s.n.), La Guerre, 1 May 1899.
H. Ayraud-Degeorge, 'Le Salon de 1889: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts', L'Intransigeant, Paris, 2 May 1899, no. 6866.
Mécène, L'Autorité, 2 May 1899.
(s.n.), La Nation, 2 May 1899.
(s.n.), Vie mondaine, 2 May 1899.
L. Près, Le Sémaphore (Marseille), 30 May 1899.
C. Das, Le Petit Caporal, 5 June 1899.
H. Guenos, Le Parisien, 10 June 1899.
Quolibet, “Prenez garde à la peinture s. v. p.: Salon des Artistes Français”, Le Tintamarre, Paris, 11 June 1899.
(s.n.), Journal de Saint-Quentin, 24 August 1900.
M. Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925) Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 158, illustrated p. 159, no. 301.
G. Geffroy, 'Les Deux Salons de 1899', Le Journal, Paris, 30 April 1899, no. 2406.
Baillet, Le Radical, 1 May 1899.
De la Cymaise, Le Soir, 1 May 1899.
G. Mallet, Gazette de France, 1 May 1899.
Torpedo, Le Jour, 1 May 1899.
Valensol, 'Le Salon de la Société Nationale', Le Petit Parisien, Paris, 1 May 1899, no. 8221.
(s.n.), La Guerre, 1 May 1899.
H. Ayraud-Degeorge, 'Le Salon de 1889: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts', L'Intransigeant, Paris, 2 May 1899, no. 6866.
Mécène, L'Autorité, 2 May 1899.
(s.n.), La Nation, 2 May 1899.
(s.n.), Vie mondaine, 2 May 1899.
L. Près, Le Sémaphore (Marseille), 30 May 1899.
C. Das, Le Petit Caporal, 5 June 1899.
H. Guenos, Le Parisien, 10 June 1899.
Quolibet, “Prenez garde à la peinture s. v. p.: Salon des Artistes Français”, Le Tintamarre, Paris, 11 June 1899.
(s.n.), Journal de Saint-Quentin, 24 August 1900.
M. Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925) Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 158, illustrated p. 159, no. 301.
Exhibited
Paris, Salon des artists français, 1899, no. 951.
Paris, Exposition universelle, 1900, no. 1246.
Paris, Exposition universelle, 1900, no. 1246.
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