Lot 208
  • 208

Maurice Utrillo

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • Rue du Mont Cenis
  • signed Maurice Utrillo V (lower right); signed Maurice Utrillo V, dated Paris Montmartre, 18e, Août and titled on the reverse
  • oil on board
  • 49.3 by 73.7cm., 19 3/8 by 29in.

Provenance

Galerie Aktuaryus, Zurich
Emil Georg Bührle, Zurich
Dr. Dieter Bührle, Zurich (by descent from the above)
Private Collection, Switzerland

Exhibited

Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Utrillo, 1963, no. 64

Literature

Adolphe Tabarant, Utrillo, Paris, 1926, illustrated p. 80
Pierre Courthion, Utrillo, Bern, 1947, no. 9, illustrated in colour

 

Condition

The board is stable. UV examination reveals scattered spots of retouching to the sky, a further spot to the top of the green shop front and a few further small spots to the ground. There are some pin sized fly spots. There is a tiny spot of paint loss to the lower right corner. Overall this work is in fairly good condition.
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