Painted in 1906, this luminous oil on canvas captures two young girls at the edge of the Étang de la Reine Blanche, a historic pond nestled within the Forêt de Fontainebleau. Lebasque renders the scene with the warm, sun-dappled palette for which he became celebrated, deploying loose, confident brushwork to dissolve the boundary between the figures and their verdant surroundings. The composition is intimate without being sentimental, balancing the soft geometry of the children's forms against the shimmering reflections of water and foliage. At 60.5 by 73.5 centimetres, the canvas carries a sense of unhurried presence, as though the moment of childhood stillness has been fixed in amber. Lebasque occupied a singular position within the Post-Impressionist milieu, maintaining close friendships with Matisse and Signac while developing a voice that prized domestic warmth and natural light above formal experiment. Works from this period, when he was consolidating his mature style, are particularly prized by collectors for their balance of technical assurance and emotional directness. The 1906 date places this canvas squarely within his most sought-after decade, before his later move to the south of France shifted his palette toward even greater luminosity. The work is signed by the artist and presented in its frame. Its authenticity is supported by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Denise Bazetoux, the recognized authority on Lebasque's catalogue, in Maison-Laffitte in November 2012. The work is currently offered through Galerie Ludorff.