Henri Martin Autoportrait à Labastide-du-Vert

Property of a Gentleman
Henri Martin
1860 – 1943

Autoportrait à Labastide-du-Vert
signed Henri Martin (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 ¾ by 34 ⅞ in.
83.6 by 88.6 cm.
Executed in 1905.

Marie-Anne Destrebecq-Martin will include this work in her forthcoming Henri Martin catalogue raisonné.

Condition Report:
The canvas unlined. Minor frame abrasion along the extreme perimeter, most notably along the lower edge. The colors are vibrant, and the media is well preserved. Minor networks of hairline craquelure in the yellow pigments in the lower left and right corners. Remnants of a previous tacking on the lower left edge, not visible when framed. A few pindot-sized losses to the paint surface throughout the composition. Under UV light: one nailhead-sized stroke of inpainting to address a loss in the lower right corner. The work is in overall very good condition.

Provenance:
Galerie Bruno Martin-Caille, Paris

Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1986, lot 209 (consigned by the above)

Mrs. Jennifer Dugan-Chapman, United Kingdom (acquired from the above)

Christie's, London, 9 December 1998, lot 160 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Christie's, London, 28 February 2019, lot 440 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner