Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE (1848-1884) - Lot 3

Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE (1848-1884) The Communicant, 1875 Oil on canvas. Signed, dated, dedicated and located lower left: "Bon souvenir à ma petite Lucie". 52 x 38 cm Provenance : - Artist's family. - Sale by Me Bellier, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 26, 1927, catalog, no. 1, reproduced. - Artist's family. Bibliography : - William Steven Feldman, The Life and Work of Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884), Thesis, New York University, 1973, pp. 74-78. - Marie-Madeleine Aubrun, Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1848-1884: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre, Paris, [s.n.], 1985, no. 72, reproduced on p. 96. Related work: La Communiante, 1875, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, Belgium. For further details on the work, please refer to the PDF catalog.