Guarisco Gallery 2012

112 Henri Lebasque ensive moments captured in tranquil settings, both indoors and out, became a predominant theme in Henri Lebasque’s work, especially following his contact with the painters Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard, who were known as the Intimists for their depictions of the private domestic interior. Lebasque’s great fondness for his family and his love of quiet domestic life informed his beautiful and personal intimist paintings. In these canvases exists a rich celebration of familial life in which his daughters, Marthe and Nono, frequently appear as his subjects. Painted in 1920, the masterful Nono à l’éventail reflects Lebasque’s full immersion in the Fauve theories of expressive, pure color and rhythmic pattern. Experimentation with shapes, namely the reduction of forms into large-scale patterns, and a tender affection for his daughter, Nono, are the basis of the work which depicts Nono gracefully shading herself with a fan on a sun-drenched terrace in Saint-Tropez. So adept was Lebasque at establishing a gentle harmony between light and shade that he earned a reputation for his skillful rendering of these bright, modern paintings in the south of France. Young Girl (Nono) with a Fan (right) signed, d. '1920' o/c 63-1/2” x 45” (73-1/2” x 56-1/2” fr.) Exhibited * Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Exhibition of French Art, 1923 * Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 1926 * Venice, 15th International Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1926, * Museum of Modern Art, St. Petersburg, Fla., 2008-2009 Literature Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque, Catalogue Raisonné (2008), p. 298 (illus.) Provenance Galerie Georges Petit, Paris acquired by 1926 M.J. Schlang, New York Private Collection, Palm Beach Hammer Galleries Private Collection Luciana and Michael Solomon Private Collection, St. Petersburg, Fla. Guarisco Gallery Girl with Spanish Shawl and Young Violinist Detroit Institute of Art P