LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

51.97 in. (132.00 cm.) (height) by 35.00 in. (88.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed J. BASTIEN-LEPAGE, inscribed DAMVILLERS and dated 82 (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, École des Beaux-Arts (Hôtel de Chimay), Exposition Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1885, no. 158

Literature:

"M. J Bastien-Lepage", The Architect, April 7, 1883, p. 222. G. Dargenty, "Exposition internationale des peintres et des sculpteurs rue de Sèze", L'Art, vol. XXXII, 1883, p. 36-40. Les Contemporains, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Paris, n.d. ( circa 1885), p. 14. E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, Paris, 1976, vol. 1, p. 502. Philippe Pagnotta and Christian Debize, Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884), exh. cat., Les Musées de la Meuse, Musée de la Princerie, Verdun, Musée Citadelle, Montmédy, 1984, p. 27, illustrated; p. 96. Marie-Madeleine Aubrun, Jules Bastien-Lepage, catalogue raisonné de l'Oeuvre, 1985, no. 376, p. 239, illustrated. Dominique Lobstein, "Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884)," Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884), exh. cat., Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Centre mondial de la Paix, Verdun, 2007, p. 41

Provenance:

The Artist's Estate, sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 11-12, 1885, lot 5. Van Doorn Estate, New Jersey (and sold, Parke-Bernet, New York, November 27, 1953, lot 52). Solow Gallery, New York . Collection of Iva and Nancy Koger. Acquired in 1998