Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925). Les dentellières des Vosges (The lacemakers of the Vosges), 1888. Pastel on...

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Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Les dentellières des Vosges (The lacemakers of the Vosges), 1888
Pastel on paper laid on linen
15-3/4 x 20-1/4 inches (40.0 x 51.4 cm)
Signed lower left: L Lhermitte


PROVENANCE:
Benjamin Stein;
Sale: American Art Association, New York, March 18, 1912, cat. no. 78;
James Francis Trezza, New York, 1999;
Private Collection, Palm Beach, 2002;
James Francis Trezza, New York, 2005;
[with]Schiller & Bodo, New York;
Private collection, California, acquired from the above, 2006.

EXHIBITED:
Hamel M.M., 1974, C 163.
James Francis Trezza, "Nineteenth Century and Impressionist Master Works," May 2001.

LITERATURE:
M. Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1844-1925: Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 291, no. 773.



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