STANISLAS LÉPINE (1835-1892) Caen. Le Bassin de Saint-Pierre
signed 'S.Lépine' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 1/2 x 36 1/4 in. (72.5 x 92.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1875-1880
STANISLAS LÉPINE (1835-1892) Caen. Le Bassin de Saint-Pierre
signed 'S.Lépine' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 1/2 x 36 1/4 in. (72.5 x 92.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1875-1880
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist on 27 March 1888. Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, by whom acquired from the above. Joseph Durand-Ruel, Paris by whom acquired from the above. Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 31 January 1938. Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, by 1957. Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired between 2009 and 2012, and thence by descent to the present owners.
R. & M. Schmit, Stanislas Lépine, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1993, no. 605, p. 245 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Alfred Daber, Exposition Lépine, November - December 1952, no. 30 (titled 'Bassin à Caen'). London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Recent Acquisitions XII, November - December 1957, no. 11, p. 3 (illustrated; titled 'Bassin à Caen').
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.