Live Auction 203519th Century European Art and Orientalist Art
Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Lot 162

Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)

Repos pendant la fenaison

Closed22 October 2008

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Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Repos pendant la fenaison
signed 'L. Lhermitte' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15¼ x 18¼ in. (38.5 x 46 cm.)

Possibly with Allard & Noel, Paris.
Possibly with Knoedler Gallery, New York.
Anonymous sale; Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1980.
Purchased from the above by Mr. Pacitti.

Specialist note

The two figures in the foreground are duplicated in the detail of a painting titled La Fenaison, which was exhibited at the Salon in 1887, no. 1519, (location unknown).