Henri LE SIDANER (1862-1939)The church, Harfleur, 1915Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. 65x54 cmProvenance : - Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, n° 2.420 and 20.955 (label on the back). - Public sale, December 21, 1921 - Sale of the Count of Linsecq Dianof, April 6, 1922 - Private collection, Paris. Bibliography: - Camille Mauclair , Le Sidaner, 1928, p. 57 - Le Soir illustré, 31 October 1931 - Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Le Sidaner, L'œuvre peint et gravé, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1989, n° 340, reproduced p. 142 A certificate from Mr. Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner dated 14 October 2020 will be given to the buyer. The preparatory studies for L'Église (including an oil on panel belonging to the Fondation Bemberg in Toulouse) were carried out by the painter during a stay in Harfleur in July 1914, a few days before the declaration of war. The following winter, Le Sidaner painted the canvas in his Versailles apartment, and delivered it in February 1915 to his dealer Georges Petit, who paid him 1,000 francs for it. (Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, October 2020)