Albert LEBOURG (1849–1928) - Lot 165

Albert LEBOURG (1849–1928) The Banks of the Marne, at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Oil on canvas, signed lower left 38x61 cm On the reverse: Exhibition label: A. Lebourg, Galerie Rosenberg, 38 avenue de l’Opéra, Paris, November 10–30, 1903, exhibited as No. 96 Provenance: Former collection of Mr. Vever Then sold at Laurence CALMELS, Associated Auctioneers, Paris, June 2, 1995, lot 29 A letter from Rodolphe Walter of the Wildenstein Institute dated May 9, 1995, announcing inclusion in the catalogue raisonné currently in preparation, will be provided to the buyer. This item has been entered into the Art Loss Register database and did not yield any matches with items reported as stolen or lost. Bibliography: Reproduced in the book by Léonce BENEDITE, *Albert Lebourg*, Paris: Éditions des Galeries Georges Petit, 1923 (412 pp.), page 222, with a short paragraph: "He excels at endlessly varying his subjects, not only by depicting the same motif across different seasons and times of day, but also by seizing upon the slightest incident to find a picturesque silhouette or an unexpected arabesque for his paintings: long plumes of poplars at the water’s edge (...), the irregular lines of houses, plumes of smoke” N.B.: This lot is being sold with court fees reduced to 14.28% instead of 25%.