Lot 255
  • 255

Maximilien Luce

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maximilien Luce
  • LOCQUIVY, LES RÉCIFS
  • signed Luce (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 50.5 by 61.5cm., 19 7/8 by 24 1/4 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Frédéric Luce (the artist's son; by descent from the above)
Sale: Eric Pillon, Le Touquet, 10th May 1998, lot 83
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 2005, vol. III, no. 938, illustrated p. 208

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a 2 by 1cm. spot of retouching below the rock, with a minor associated spot, some small spots of retouching to the corners of the composition (notably two small spots in the upper left corner), a 1cm. sq. spot in the upper right and lower left corners and a 2 by 1cm. spot in the lower right corner. All retouching is visible under UV light. This work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate, although slightly deeper in the original.
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