Private Collection, Paris
Purchased by the father of the present owner in 1987

Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Nouveau Groupe, 1925
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Lebasque, 1927
Paris, Musée Galliera, Lebasque, 1951

Paul Vitry, Henri Lebasque, Paris, 1928, illustrated p. 116

Very good condition. Original canvas. 5 pinhead size holes along extreme top edge. Also 2 along left edge. Under UV light, few nailhead size thinly painted areas fluoresce near center of right edge but appear to be original.
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In the present work, Lebasque has eloquently captured a tranquil afternoon on the coast of Brittany, enjoyed most likely by his wife and daughters. The palette and subject are quintessentially Lebasque; the soft colors, female sitters in the outdoors, and the glory of the French countryside are captured for the viewer's pleasure.

According to Lisa Banner, '"He was hailed as the painter of 'Joy and Light' by art critics and curators of the Louvre in his later life. But Lebasque's primary concerns were with simple expression of sensuous surface... He achieved an intimate manner of painting those scenes and people most dear to him, which was replete with his personal delight in form and colour, heightened by his contact with fellow painters Matisse and Bonnard, but characteristically his own" (Lisa Banner, Lebasque, 1865-1937, San Francisco, 1985, p. 20).