Léon Lhermitte
Provenance
The artist
Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris, 19 April 1899 (no. 25662, acquired directly from the above)
Arthur Tooth & Son, London, 19 April 1899 (acquired directly from the above).
Thomas McLean's Gallery, London, by October 1901.
George MacCulloch (1848-1907) and Mary Agnes Coutts Michie (1857-1945), London (and sold: Christie's, London, 23 May 1913, lot 31, as Noonday Rest)
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris, and Wallis & Son (acquired jointly from the above)
H. Young, 1918 (sold by Arthur Tooth & Sons, London)
Annie Rae Poth (1907-2001), Galveston, TX.
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin, TX (gifted by the above) (and sold: Christie's, New York, 30 October 2002, lot 26)
Arnold and Anne Ulnick Gumowitz, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Exhibitions
Paris, Salon, 1899, no. 949.
London, Thomas McLean's Gallery, Annual Winter Exhibition, October 1901, no. 21, as Noonday Rest.
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Modern Works in Painting and Sculpture Forming the Collection of the Late George McCulloch, Esq., 4 January-13 March 1909, no. 194, as Noonday Rest.
Glasgow, The Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, no. 1271, as Harvesters.
Literature
A. Pallier, La Liberté, Paris, 29 April 1899, p. 2.
O. De Gourcuff, “Le salon de 1899,” L’estafette, Paris, 30 April 1899, np.
G. Geoffroy, “Les salons de 1899,” Le Journal, Paris, 30 April 1899, p. 1.
G. Mercy, “Les salons,” Libre Parole. supplément, Paris, 30 April 1899, np.
De la Cymaise, Le Soir, Brussels, 1 May 1899, np.
O. Uzanne, “Société nationale des beaux-arts,” L'Écho de Paris, Paris, 1 May 1899, p. 1.
H. Rochefort, “Rochefort Reviews Beaux-Arts Salon,” New York Herald, New York, 1 May 1899, p. 9.
Torpedo, Le Jour, Paris, 1 May 1899.
Valensol, “Le salon de la Société nationale,” Le Petit Parisien, Paris, 1 May 1899, p. 2.
H. Ayraud-Degeorge, “Les salon de 1899,” L'Intransigeant, Paris, 2 May 1899, p. 2.
Mécène, L'autorité, Paris, 2 May 1899, np.
“Le Salon de 1899,” La Nation, Paris, 2 May 1899, np.
Le Progrès de l'Aisne, Saint-Quentin, 2 May 1899, np.
“Les artistes de l'Aisne,” Le Guetteur, 5 May 1899, Saint-Quentin, np.
G. Morot, La Presse, Paris, 7 May 1899, np.
H. Bernard, Union Républicaine, Roubaix, 10 May 1899, np.
H. Dac, “Les salons de 1899,” L'Univers, Paris, 15 May 1899, as Réveil, np.
H. Eon, La Plume, Paris, 15 May 1899, np.
R. de la Sizeranne, La Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris, 15 May 1899, np.
J. d'Esnitot, “Beaux-arts, les salons de 1899, ” La mode de style, Paris, 17 May 1899, p. 260.
Guillemot, Le Messager de Paris, Paris, 27 May 1899, np.
F. Mair, Revue Populaire des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 27 May 1899, np.
C. Das, “Salon de peinture,” Le Petit Caporal, Paris, 5 June 1899, p. 2.
La Petite Loire, Saumur, 8 June 1899, np.
Quolibet, “Salon de la Société nationale,” Le Tintamarre, Paris, 11 June 1899, np.
O. Merson, “Les salons de 1899,” Le Monde Illustré, Paris, 1 July 1899, p. 3.
“Les Livres,” L'Intransigeant, Paris, 8 July 1899, p. 3.
E. Maton, “Les salons,” Revue Septentrionale, Paris, 1899, p. 141.
A. Alexandre, Figaro-Salon, Paris, 1899, p. 85, illustrated with the engraving.
A. Proust, Salon of 1899, New York and Paris, 1899, ill. 72, illustrated with the engraving.
“Forthcoming Sale of Modern Pictures,” The New York Herald, Paris, 6 April 1913, p. 8, as Noonday Rest.
“The McCulloch Collection,” The Athenaeum, London, 31 May 1913, p. 598, as Noonday Rest.
“In the Sale Room,” The Connoisseur, London, May-August 1913, p. 192, as Noonday Rest.
M. Hamel, A French artist : Léon Lhermitte, Washington University, dissertation, 1974, no. 242 as Le réveil du faucheur, p.44, ill. p. C245
M. Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925): catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1991, pp. 138-139, no. 172, illustrated, as Le réveil du faucheur ou le repos du moissonneur.