Lot 497
  • 497

Maurice Utrillo

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • SACRÉ CŒUR SOUS LA NEIGE
  • signed Maurice, Utrillo, V. (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 45.8 by 54.6cm., 17 7/8 by 21 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris
Continental Galleries Fine Art, Montreal
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Osaka, Kintetsu Gallery; Nagasaki, Nagasaki Museum of Art; Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art & Yokohama, Sogo Museum of Art, Maurice Utrillo, 1988-89, no. 70, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there are no signs of retouching visible under UV light. Apart from a small line of craquelure to the centre of the canvas, and some very minor surface dirt, primarily to the edges, this work is in very good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate although lighter and more subtle in the original.
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