"...Soleil Sur La Rivière" (Sunset on the River), oil on canvas, signed at lower right "H. Lebasque," with Hammer Galleries stamp to verso, circa 1905-1906, depicting a view along the banks of the River Marne near Paris, presented in a very fine period appropriate gilt composition frame with gilt gallery plaque. SS 19.25 x 23.5 in.; DOA 28.25 x 32.5 in.

Hammer Galleries, New York, NY
Trosby Galleries, Palm Beach, FL (purchased 22 February 1971)
The Private Collection of a Lady

We wish to thank Madame Denise Bazetoux, author of the artist's catalogue raisonné, for authenticating this painting. A certificate from Madame Bazetoux will accompany the lot.

See lot 5 from Christie's Art Impressionniste Et Moderne, Sale 3605, 25 March 2014, Paris, for a similar painting by Lebasque.

Minor stable craquelure; slight slack in canvas; minute paint flake in upper right corner; some minor yellowing to varnish; no evidence of touch-up visible under black light.

$60,000 - 90,000