Category
Drawing-WatercolorMedium
PastelType of Artwork
Original artworkSignature
lower leftSize of the artwork
17.75 x 13.75 in(45.09 x 34.93 cm)
Overall Framed Size
27 x 23 in(68.58 x 58.42 cm)
Condition
excellentCatalogue raisonné reference
M. Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte: catalogue raisonne, Paris, 1991, color plate 39, page 57 (illustrated) and #910, (illustrated) page 301.Artwork description
Léon Augustin LHERMITTE
(1844-1925)
Laveuses près de la Marne(1903)
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Provenance:
Boussod Valadon and Co. Paris, N. 20456
Nicolas
The Fine Art Society, Ltd. London 1984
Georges Marciano, Beverly Hills, CA
Private collection, Palm Desert, CA
In a letter to his brother Theo in 1885, Vincent Van Gogh observed: “Lhermitte’s a master of the figure. He’s able to do what he likes with it. There’s something astonishing and masterly in everything he does.”
Washing laundry on the banks of the Marne was a favorite subject for the artist, but this composition is among his most striking. While the women’s labor is hard, the cadence of their movement appears almost dancelike as dusk approaches.