HENRI LEBASQUE (1865-1937) Pierre Lebasque jouant de la guitare
signed 'Lebasque' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 19 7/8 in. (61.7 x 50.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1926-1927
HENRI LEBASQUE (1865-1937) Pierre Lebasque jouant de la guitare
signed 'Lebasque' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 19 7/8 in. (61.7 x 50.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1926-1927
O. Zieseniss, Paris (by 1927). Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22 June 1984, lot 52. Galerie Bailly, Paris (acquired at the above sale). Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 21 February 1985, lot 39. Charles Pankow, San Francisco (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2005, lot 173. Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 7 May 2009, lot 328. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
P. Vitry, Henri Lebasque, Paris, 1928, p. 156 (illustrated; dated 1924 and titled Le petit guitariste). D. Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2008, vol. I, p. 210, no. 753 (illustrated).
(probably) Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Henri Lebasque, March 1927, p. 15, no. 70 (dated 1924 and titled Le jeune guitariste). Paris, Grand Palais, Biennale des Antiquaires, Galerie Bailly, Tableaux de Maîtres, September-October 1984, p. 34 (illustrated in color; titled Le petit guitariste).
Christine Lenoir and Maria de la Ville Fromoit have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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