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Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819-1916)
Lot 3

Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819-1916)

Hérisson

Closed12 July 2018

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Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819-1916)

Hérisson
signed 'hjharpignies' (lower left) and inscribed and dated 'Herisson 1871' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white and with scratching out on paper
9 ½ x 13 in. (25 x 33 cm.)

with Old Masters Galleries, London, 1967.
with Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris.

Specialist note

Harpignies found inspiration from his annual trips to Hérisson, in the region of Bourbonnais in central France. He travelled there each summer until 1879, when he retired to his property of La Trémellerie at Saint-Privé. Writing in The Burlington Magazine in 1967 (op.cit.), K. Roberts wrote "…of interest [is] the Harpignies of 1871, vivid, fresh, and probably the best single item in the show." (K. Roberts, The Burlington Magazine CIX, December 1967, p. 723, no. 88).