La danse (étude)

Details

Henri Lebasque (1865-1937)
La danse (étude)
signed and dated 'Lebasque' (lower left)
oil on canvas
27 1/8 x 47 5/8 in. (69 x 120.8 cm.)
Painted in 1917

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 5 December 1969, lot 27.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

D. Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Paris, 2008, no. 1526, p. 358 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

Christine Lenoir and Maria de la Ville Fromoit have confirmed the authenticity of this painting.

This painting is a study for La musique et la danse, a decorative panel for the vestibule of the Direction des Beaux-Arts, rue de Valois, Paris.

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