Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris
Private Collector, Rosario, Argentina 
Acquired from the above and sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 9, 2013, lot 4, illustrated
Acquired at the above sale

Paris, Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Exposition des Pastellistes à Paris, April 1913, no. 20 

M.L., "Vision d'art," Le Gaulois, April 2, 1913
Jacques Norval, Avenir de l'Aisne, April 3, 1913
Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte: 1844-1925: Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1991, p. 265, no. 611, illustrated

Pastel on paper stretched on canvas. The colors remain fresh and vibrant. The artist's pinholes are visible at all four corners. There is minor bumping and pulling at the four corners; minor surface dirt; and minor frame abrasion at the extreme edges.
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