Lot Essay
There exists a pastel variant of this composition Farme de Mont-St.- Père (location unknown) that was executed the same year.
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Le champ aux oies
Details
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Le champ aux oies
signed 'L. Lhermitte' (lower left)
oil on canvas
26¼ x 31½ in. (66.7 x 80 in.)
Painted in 1897
Le champ aux oies
signed 'L. Lhermitte' (lower left)
oil on canvas
26¼ x 31½ in. (66.7 x 80 in.)
Painted in 1897
Provenance
Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris.
Arthur Tooth & Son, London.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 13 October 1978, lot 165.
Arthur Tooth & Son, London.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 13 October 1978, lot 165.
Literature
E. Cardon, Moniteur des arts, 23 April 1897.
Thiebault-Sisson, Petit Temps, 23 April 1897.
Journal des débats, 23 April 1897.
B. R., Moniteur universel, 24 April 1897.
Dac, l'Univers, 24 April 1897.
Fremiet, le XIX siècle, 24 April 1897.
C. Frémine, le Rappel, 24 April 1897. Mécène, l'Autorité, 24 April 1897. Roger-Milès, l'Eclair, 24 April 1897.
l'Eclaireur de l'Est, 24 April 1897.
Das, le Petit Caporal, 25 April 1897.
Maze, le Petit Moniteur, 25 April 1897.
P. Georges, Lurote artiste, 2 May 1897.
Brès, le Sémaphore 10 May 1897.
Marguillier, le Correspondant, 10 May 1897.
Flandrin, Le Quinzaine 15 May 1897.
Lorsy, l'Art et la mode, 15 May 1897.
Plée, Annales politiques et littéraires, 16 May 1897.
Quolibet, le Tinamarre, 30 May 1897.
A. Dalligny, Journal des arts, 16 June 1897.
le Républian (Poitieres), 7 August 1897.
The Connoissor, 1978, p. 65.
M. Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Paris, 1991, p. 138, no. 166 (illustrated).
Thiebault-Sisson, Petit Temps, 23 April 1897.
Journal des débats, 23 April 1897.
B. R., Moniteur universel, 24 April 1897.
Dac, l'Univers, 24 April 1897.
Fremiet, le XIX siècle, 24 April 1897.
C. Frémine, le Rappel, 24 April 1897. Mécène, l'Autorité, 24 April 1897. Roger-Milès, l'Eclair, 24 April 1897.
l'Eclaireur de l'Est, 24 April 1897.
Das, le Petit Caporal, 25 April 1897.
Maze, le Petit Moniteur, 25 April 1897.
P. Georges, Lurote artiste, 2 May 1897.
Brès, le Sémaphore 10 May 1897.
Marguillier, le Correspondant, 10 May 1897.
Flandrin, Le Quinzaine 15 May 1897.
Lorsy, l'Art et la mode, 15 May 1897.
Plée, Annales politiques et littéraires, 16 May 1897.
Quolibet, le Tinamarre, 30 May 1897.
A. Dalligny, Journal des arts, 16 June 1897.
le Républian (Poitieres), 7 August 1897.
The Connoissor, 1978, p. 65.
M. Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Paris, 1991, p. 138, no. 166 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Salon, 1897, no. 819.
London, The French Gallery, Selected Pictures by J. Israels, L. Lhermitte, M. Maris and H. Harpignies, 1909, no. 46.
London, The French Gallery, Selected Pictures by J. Israels, L. Lhermitte, M. Maris and H. Harpignies, 1909, no. 46.