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Women and Children Bathing in a River

(French, 1844–1925)
Medium/TechniquePastel on paper
Dimensions43.8 x 54 cm (17 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Henry Kemble Oliver, by exchange
Accession number1981.279
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPastels
InscriptionsLower right: L. Lhermitte
ProvenanceBoussod, Valadon, et Cie., Paris [see note]. Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. Galerie Lintilhac, Algiers. December 10, 1979, anonymous sale, Palais d'Orsay, Paris, lot 102, possibly to the Galerie Resche, Paris; 1981, exhanged by the Galerie Resche with the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1982)

NOTE: Provenance is based on information provided by Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925) (Paris, 1991), p. 184, cat. no. 125 ("La Baignade à Chelles").
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