LEON AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE (FRENCH 1844-1925)

Portrait of the sculptor Charles Drouet, 1885
charcoal on paper
31.5 x 24.8 cm (12 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
signed, dated and dedicated by Lhermitte 'a mon ami Drouet' lower right

PROVENANCE
Public sale, Soissons, France, January 1990
Collection of Neal Fierbag
Sandorval & Co., New York
Sotheby's, New York, 29 October, 2002, lot 79
Private Collection, New York

EXHIBITED
Exposition du Blanc et Noir,Paris, 1888

LITERATURE
G. Desclinville, Journal de l'Aisne, October 24, 1888 (s.n.) I'Idependence litteraire,November 1, 1888
G. Coutau, Journal des artistes, November 4, 1888
V. Demont-Brenton, les Maisons que j'ai connues, Paris, Plon, 1929, t. III, p. 74
Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Leon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925), Catalogue raisonne, (Paris: Edition Cercle d'art, 1991), no 1002

CONDITION
Observed out of frame, the work appears in good condition. The sheet is hinged at the top left and right corners. Minor wear and scattered tearing to the perimeter, most notably to the upper left corner and upper left edge.

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