# Henri Lebasque artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-01T02:24:26.000Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1865-09-25
- Death date: 1937-08-07
- Nationality: French
- Movements: Post-Impressionism
- Common media: oil painting, watercolor, drawing, decorative painting

## About Henri Lebasque

Henri Lebasque (1865–1937) was a French painter, watercolorist, and decorative artist born in Champigné and active in Paris and the French Riviera. Recognized as a Post-Impressionist, Lebasque developed a luminous, color-rich style that set him apart from his contemporaries while engaging with the broader currents of modern French painting at the turn of the twentieth century. His work is held in major public collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Lebasque spent his later years in Le Cannet in the Alpes-Maritimes, where he died in 1937. Collectors today encounter his paintings, watercolors, and drawings at auction and through gallery markets focused on late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century French art.

## Common works and media

Lebasque's most commonly encountered works include oil paintings on canvas, watercolors, and drawings. His subjects range from domestic interiors and garden scenes to landscapes of southern France and coastal views. Decorative murals and commissioned panels also form part of his output. Works are typically signed and may range from small studies to larger exhibition-scale canvases.

## Market and appraisal context

Henri Lebasque has a well-established and liquid secondary market spanning over three decades, with 1,241 total auction lots recorded and 781 priced results in the Appraisily auction index. Sales date from February 1989 through March 2026, with 31 lots appearing in the most recent 12-month window (down from 47 the prior year). Price dispersion is wide: the recorded range runs from $50 for small prints and works on paper to $2,800,000 for top-tier oil paintings at major houses. The interquartile range ($3,000–$62,500) and median ($19,800) indicate that mid-range oil paintings by Lebasque trade regularly in the five-figure zone. Major houses handling his work include Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, Artcurial, Tajan, Hampel Fine Art Auctions, and HVMC – Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, among others. Recent highlights include Christie's London selling Le château de Pierrefonds et la forêt de Compiègne for £107,950 (Oct 2025), Bonhams selling Bord de Marne à Lagny for £85,000 and La Marne à Pomponne for £60,000 (Mar 2026), and Sotheby's selling Petite fille dans une prairie for £69,850 (Dec 2025). Works on paper and prints trade at substantially lower levels, with a color lithograph realizing $100 and a watercolor drawing at Swann fetching $1,980. The market is concentrated in European and North American Impressionist and Modern Art sales.

## Auction-house-backed market evidence

Henri Lebasque has a well-established and liquid secondary market spanning over three decades, with 1,241 total auction lots recorded and 781 priced results in the Appraisily auction index. Sales date from February 1989 through March 2026, with 31 lots appearing in the most recent 12-month window (down from 47 the prior year). Price dispersion is wide: the recorded range runs from $50 for small prints and works on paper to $2,800,000 for top-tier oil paintings at major houses. The interquartile range ($3,000–$62,500) and median ($19,800) indicate that mid-range oil paintings by Lebasque trade regularly in the five-figure zone. Major houses handling his work include Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, Artcurial, Tajan, Hampel Fine Art Auctions, and HVMC – Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, among others. Recent highlights include Christie's London selling Le château de Pierrefonds et la forêt de Compiègne for £107,950 (Oct 2025), Bonhams selling Bord de Marne à Lagny for £85,000 and La Marne à Pomponne for £60,000 (Mar 2026), and Sotheby's selling Petite fille dans une prairie for £69,850 (Dec 2025). Works on paper and prints trade at substantially lower levels, with a color lithograph realizing $100 and a watercolor drawing at Swann fetching $1,980. The market is concentrated in European and North American Impressionist and Modern Art sales.

### Appraisal notes

Appraisily would use these 1,241 auction records as comparable-lot benchmarks after matching the subject work against medium, dimensions, date of execution, subject matter, and condition. Oil on canvas paintings of Riviera landscapes, garden scenes, and domestic interiors from Lebasque's mature period (circa 1900–1930) anchor the upper-middle price tier, while works on paper, studies, and prints form a distinct lower tier. An appraiser would photograph the work, document signature and inscription details, measure the support, assess condition (including any relining, retouching, or surface issues), and research provenance through gallery labels, exhibition stamps, and collection history. The wide price range ($50–$2,800,000) means that precise medium identification and attribution confirmation are critical: one recent lot at Millon Riviera was catalogued as 'Attribué à' (attributed to), selling for only €800, illustrating the valuation impact of uncertain attribution. Edition details matter for prints; Lebasque color lithographs trade in the low hundreds.

### Valuation factors

- Medium is the single strongest price driver: oil on canvas paintings consistently realize five- and six-figure sums, while watercolors, drawings, and prints trade in the low hundreds to low thousands
- Subject matter affects value significantly: Riviera landscapes, Marne river scenes, garden compositions, and figural works (nudes, mother-and-child) command the strongest interest
- Date and period matter: works from Lebasque's mature period (circa 1900–1930) with documented dates or circa dates tend to outperform undated or later works
- Dimensions and scale: larger exhibition-scale canvases carry premiums over small studies and panels
- Attribution status has outsized impact: lots catalogued as 'attributed to' or lacking full authentication trade at a steep discount (e.g., €800 vs. typical five-figure oil prices)
- Provenance and exhibition history strengthen value, especially documentation linking the work to known collections or Salon exhibitions
- Condition is important: relining, overpainting, or surface damage can materially reduce value for oil paintings
- Signature presence and legibility affect buyer confidence and price realization
- Auction house and sale context: works at Christie's and Sotheby's tend to achieve higher results than at regional houses, reflecting buyer reach and cataloguing standards

### Collector notes



### Market caveats

- Price data aggregates multiple currencies (USD, GBP, EUR, CHF) across different sale contexts; direct comparisons require currency normalization to a single base.
- Of 1,241 recorded lots, 781 carry realized prices; 460 lots lack price data, which may include unsold lots, withdrawn lots, or post-sale private treaties, potentially skewing the observed distribution upward.
- One recent lot was catalogued as 'Attribué à' (attributed to), highlighting that not all Lebasque-labeled lots carry full attribution; buyers should verify authentication independently.
- The max recorded price ($2,800,000) represents an extreme outlier well above the p75 of $62,500; the median ($19,800) is a more representative central tendency for the typical lot.
- Annual lot volume declined from 47 to 31 between the prior and most recent 12-month windows; a single year's change does not establish a trend but is worth monitoring.
- Appraisily auction signals are derived from public auction feeds and may not capture every private sale or gallery transaction, so the full market picture may be broader than the recorded data.

### Market evidence sources

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## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from museum records, library authority files, and scholarly sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1596249
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/49497827/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86048238
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/40746
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/48642