




Lot 40
Jules Bastien-Lepage(French, 1848-1884)Sarah Bernhardt 11 x 8 1/2in (27.9 x 21.6cm)
8 July 2020, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$6,325 inc. premium
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Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, 1848-1884)
Sarah Bernhardt
inscribed, signed and dated 'A Sarah Bernhardt / J Bastien-Lepage 1879' (upper left)
watercolor and colored pencil on paper
11 x 8 1/2in (27.9 x 21.6cm)
inscribed, signed and dated 'A Sarah Bernhardt / J Bastien-Lepage 1879' (upper left)
watercolor and colored pencil on paper
11 x 8 1/2in (27.9 x 21.6cm)
Footnotes
Provenance
Lillian Le Page, Jefferson City, Missouri (a relative of the artist);
Thence by descent to the present owner.
The present work is a study of the oil painting that Bastien-Lepage executed of the famous actress in 1879 and for which he won the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The painting is currently in the collection of the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco.