Henri Le Sidaner

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, no. 7395 (acquired directly from the artist on 10 July 1909)

Private collection, Belgium

Sale: Galerie Giroux Brussels, 3 May 1924, lot 48

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, no. 11157

André Seligmann, Paris

Louis Le Sidaner, Paris

Galerie Lorençeau, Paris

Galerie Flavian, Paris

Collection of Martin S. Weseley, Brooklyn

Sale: Sotheby’s London, 28 June 1972, lot 53

Collection of U. Eviatar (acquired at the above sale)

Mauclair, Le Sidaner, Paris, 1928, p. 70

Farinaux, Le Sidaner. L'Oeuvre Peint et Gravé, Paris, 1989, p. 120, no. 259 (illustrated)

Salon de Gand, 1909, no. 210

Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Exposition Le Sidaner, 1925, no. 8

Paris, Musée Galliera, Rétrospective Le Sidaner, 1948, no. 118

Brussels, Galerie Brachot, Rétrospective Le Sidaner, 1951, no. 4

Paris, Galerie Lorençeau, Tables et fenêtres d’Henri Le Sidaner, 1952, no. 15

The present work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, issued by Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner in Paris and dated 31 May 2024.

The interior depicted here is that of La salle jaune (The Pink House) – a neighbouring building to Le Sidaner’s new house in Gerberoy, which he purchased in 1908. Painted in the following year, La salle jaune was exhibited at the Ghent Salon, where it received admirable reviews from the local press. Fellow painter Émile Claus wrote to his friend Le Sidaner: “What a marvel you have sent us, this calm and restful Yellow Room with the door open.” Acquired by a Belgian collector, the work returned to Georges Petit to take part in the triumph of the 1925 Le Sidaner exhibition, where it was bought by the dealer André Seligmann.

In 1927, Louis Le Sidaner—Henri’s eldest son—married and received the house as a wedding gift. It was around this time that he too bought the painting from Mr Seligmann.