Live Auction 797219th Century European Art Including Orientalist Art
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Lot 227

Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)

Les dégustateurs d'eau-de-vie-de marc ou L'Alambic

Closed15 June 2011

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Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Les dégustateurs d'eau-de-vie-de marc ou L'Alambic
signed 'Lhermitte' (lower left)
charcoal on paper
12 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (31 x 46 cm.)
Executed circa 1872.

(Possibly) Deschamps.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, 13 March 1895.
Kojiro Matsukata, Tokyo.
Private collection, Japan.

Specialist note

Les dégustateurs d'eau-de-vie was a popular subject for the artist. Between 1869 and 1873, Lhermitte executed three drawings and two paintings of scenes outside breweries. This particular drawing served as a study for the etching l'Alambic (see no. 22 in Eaux-Fortes de Léon Lhermitte by F. Henriet, Paris, 1905).