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Leon Augustin Lhermitte French, 1844-1925 Maternite ou Heureuse Famile Signed L. Lhermitte (ll) Oil on canvas 23 1/8 x 17 7/8 inches (58.8 x 45.4 cm) Provenance: Boussod, Valadon & Cie, 25903 Sale, Christie's, London, Dec. 9. 1966, lot 144 Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, Oct. 30, 1969, lot 117 Dr. Ratner Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Inv. no. 71.210.2 Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Sternberg, Chicago, 1981-1982 Altman/Burke Fine Art, New York Exhibited: Paris, Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1899, no. 952, listed in cat. Chicago, Galerie Maurice Sternberg, 1977 Los Angeles, Galerie Michael, Leon Lhermitte", Nov. 3-Dec. 31, 1989 New York, Altman/Burke Fine Art, Feb. 22-Mar. 24, 1990, no. 15, illus. Literature: Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Leon Augustin Lhermitte: Catalogue Raisonne, Paris, 1991, no. 78, illus. pp. 49 and 118 After the opening of the Salon of 1899, Lhermitte's "Maternite ou Heureuse Famile" was written about or mentioned in numerous Parisien art and news publications covering the exhibition. A selection of the publications included "Le Monde"; "Le Jour"; "Le Petit Parisian"; "Revue Populaire des Beaux-Arts and "La Nation". A complete list of these articles can be found in Monique Le Pelley Fonteny's catalogue raisonne of the artist, p. 118. C