Lot 507
  • 507

Maurice Utrillo

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • LE LAPIN AGILE, EFFET DE NEIGE
  • signed Maurice, Utrillo, V, (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 38 by 55cm., 15 by 22in.

Provenance

M. Anacréon Collection , Paris
Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris
Sale: Galerie Koller, Zurich, 29th November 1978, lot 5253
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Le Louvre des Collectionneurs, Cent chefs-d'œuvres prêtés par les plus grands amateurs de Paris, 1961

Literature

Paul Pétridès, L'Œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1969, vol. III, no. 2302, illustrated p. 322 (incorrectly dated 1949)

Condition

The canvas is lined. Apart from a yellowing, uneven varnish, this work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate although slightly more yellow in the original.
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