Henri Le Sidaner, Le Palais rouge

Property from a Private Collector
Henri Le Sidaner
1862 - 1939
Le Palais rouge

Signed Le Sidaner (lower left)
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 by 23 5/8 in. (73 by 60 cm)
Framed: 36 3/4 by 31 1/2 in. (93 by 80 cm)
Painted in 1914.

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined. Fine networks of craquelure throughout, mostly in the dark green pigments in the water and to the dark red pigments of the house at left. Under UV light, some possible strokes of inpainting along the extreme lower edge at left. Otherwise, no inpainting is apparent although a milky varnish obscures further reading. The work is in good condition.

Provenance:
Galeries Georges Petit, Paris
Private Collection, South America (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 13, 1997, lot 295)
Acquired at the above sale