Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939)
Le Portail
signed 'LE SIDANER' (lower left)
pencil on paper laid down on board
7 5/8 x 10 ½ in. (19.5 x 26.9 cm.)
Drawn in Gerberoy in 1902
Provenance
Maurice Sternberg Gallery, Chicago. Private collection, Michigan (acquired from the above); sale, Christie's, New York, 5 May 2004, lot 102. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Mauclair, "Le Sidaner," La Gazette des Beaux-Arts, June 1905. "Artisti Contemporanei: Henri Le Sidaner," Emporium, vol. XXXV, no. 210, June 1912, p. 406 (illustrated; titled Cantuccio di città di provincia). Oise Tourisme, April 1973. Y. Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Le Sidaner, L'oeuvre peint et gravé, Milan, 1989, p. 313, no. 907 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Chicago, Maurice Sternberg Gallery, Le Sidaner, 1968, no. 1 (illustrated).
Lot Essay
The present drawing is a sketch for an oil painting Le Portail which Le Sidaner exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1902 (Farinaux-Le Sidaner, no. 128).
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