LÉON-AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE | LES SABOTS DE NOËL (LE NOËL DES ENFANTS)

LÉON-AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE
French
1844 - 1925
LES SABOTS DE NOËL (LE NOËL DES ENFANTS)

signed L. Lhermitte (lower right)
charcoal on paper
sheet: 18½ by 11⅝ in.; 47 by 29.5 cm
framed: 29⅞ by 22½ in.; 76 by 57 cm

Condition Report:
The sheet is encased in a closed mat and has not been removed. The sheet does nor appear to be fully laid down, just adhered at the edges. Aside from a few small scattered discolorations, visible in the little girl's arm, the sheet is in overall very good condition.

Provenance:
Dalloz Collection, Paris

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 24, 1913, lot 26

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 29, 1955, lot 19

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 4, 1969

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 23, 1988

Galerie Lefevre-Warme, Paris

Sale: Christie's, New York, May 25, 1994, lot 202, illustrated

Acquired at the above sale