Lot 439
  • 439

Maximilien Luce

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Maximilien Luce
  • Nature morte aux fleurs
  • Signed Luce and dated 1906 (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 1/2 by 32 in.
  • 54.6 by 81.2 cm

Provenance

Felix Fenon, France (acquired by 1936)
B. Gerald Cantor, New York
University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley (a gift from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 13, 1996, lot 217)
Jill Newhouse Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above

Literature

Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1986, no. 1136, illustrated p. 283

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There is lively impasto in the flower heads. When examined under UV light, there is retouching along the periphery of the canvas. The varnish is lightly yellowing and would benefit from a clean. The painting is in very good condition.
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