Sale 8904
New York, Park Avenue
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6 May 1998
Price realised
USD 51,750
Estimate
Henri Lebasque (1865-1937) Femme nue allong dans le jardin avec Satyr (Reclining Nude in the Garden with a Satyr) signed 'Lebasque' (lower left) oil on canvas 47 x 38 in. (120 x 97 cm.) Painted circa 1910
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Lebasque most likely painted this work at Saint-Tropez anticipating his murals for the Thtre des Champs-Elyses, where he worked with his friend and colleague, Maurice Denis, painting fanciful, delicate and ethereal nymphs and pastoral landscapes.
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