Leon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Leon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)

Banc de Petites Filles à l'École de Mont-Saint-Père

Details
Leon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Banc de Petites Filles à l'École de Mont-Saint-Père
signed 'L.Lhermitte' upper right
charcoal on paper
11½ x 12in. (29 x 30cm.)
Provenance
Purchased out of the Exposition des Aquarellistes, Paris, February - March, 1887, no. 231
Anon. sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, November 28, 1949
A. Donatis Collection, Paris (no. 388 in catalogue)
Literature
Le Matin, February 3, 1887
M. Fouguier, Le XIX Siècle, February 4, 1887
R. Marx, Le Voltaire, February 4, 1887
Le Temps, February 5, 1887
F. Henriet, Journal des Arts, February 8, 1887
P. Gilbert, Journal des Artists, February 20, 1887
V. Fourmel, Le Correspondant, March 10, 1887
A. Dalligny, Journal des Arts, August 2, 1889
M. Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Paris, 1991, p. 456, no. 754 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Paris, Exposition des Aquarellistes, February-March 1887, no. 231
Paris, Exposition des Aqarellistes, February 1889

Lot Essay

This drawing was also reproduced as a photogravure.