Lot 406
  • 406

Maurice Utrillo

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • La maison de mimi pinson à Montmartre
  • Signed Maurice, Utrillo, V, (lower right) and inscribed Montmartre, (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 32 5/8 by 41 7/8 in.
  • 82.4 by 106.4 cm

Provenance

Findlay Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 1980

Literature

Paul Pétridès, L'Oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. III, Paris, 1969, no. 1412, illustrated p. 59 (incorrectly catalogued as oil on board)

Condition

Canvas is lined. Stable craquelure visible in thickest white pigments, especially along left edge, and in a few small spots in the sky. Surface is clean. Under UV light: scattered areas of inpainting in the sky, also visible to the naked eye, which could easily be removed. Work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Fig 1: Café Nouvelle-Athènes, Paris. Bibliothèque Nationale Paris