Property from a Private Collection

LUCIEN-LEVY DHURMER (FRENCH 1865-1953)
Portrait d'enfant arabe
signed L Levy Dhurmer (lower left)
pastel
56.5 x 46 cm (22 1/4 x 18 in)

PROVENANCE:
Acquired by the present owner in the 1990s

In 1896 the Symbolist artist Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer exhibited some twenty pastels and paintings at the Galerie Georges Petit. The exhibition was well received and revealed his skill with the medium of pastel and his talent as a portraitist. Pastel had more dramatic effects than oils, allowing for tonal shading and subtle effects, as exemplified in the present work.