Léon Augustin LHERMITTE (1844-1925) The reaper at rest, seated on a stool. Charcoal. Signed lower left. 38 x 27.5 cm. Insolate, spotting. Probably a preparatory study for his 1882 painting "La paye des moissonneurs", exhibited at the Salon of the same year, and purchased by the French State [215 x 272 cm, Musée d'Orsay, RF 333]. The model is Casimir Dehau, who posed for Lhermitte on several occasions.
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€400 - €500
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Léon Augustin LHERMITTE (1844-1925)
The reaper at rest, seated on a stool.
Charcoal.
Signed lower left.
38 x 27.5 cm.
Insolate, spotting.
Probably a preparatory study for his 1882 painting "La paye des moissonneurs", exhibited at the Salon of the same year, and purchased by the French State [215 x 272 cm, Musée d'Orsay, RF 333].
The model is Casimir Dehau, who posed for Lhermitte on several occasions.