Maximilien Luce

Frédéric Luce, Paris (the artist's son)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 1st July 1998, lot 299
Private Collection, London (purchased at the above sale; sale: Sotheby's, London, 23rd October 2001, lot 262)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Paris, Musée Marmottan, Maximilien Luce, 1983, no. 52 (titled as Vue d'hiver sur le jardin (porte de la rue Gudin))

Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 2005, vol. III, no. 56, illustrated in colour p. 14

The board is is slightly warped with age but stable. There do not appear to be any signs of retouching visible under UV light. There is a tiny scratch to the upper right corner, with associated pigment loss, and three further small spots of paint loss to the upper part of the left edge. There is some paint lifting to the extreme upper right corner. There is a fine impressed horizontal line along the right part of the upper edge which seems to be inherent to the support. The edges of the board are slightly scuffed in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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