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Lot 230
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Maurice Utrillo

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • Le cercle catholique du Sacré-Coeur, rue du Mont-Cenis à Montmartre
  • signed Maurice Utrillo, V and dated 1912 (lower right)

  • oil on board
  • 75 by 105cm., 29 1/2 by 41 3/8 in.

Provenance

Sale : Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29th May 1920, lot 90
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19th February 1932, lot 80
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Louis Libaude, Paris 
Galerie Barbazanges, Paris
Galerie Pétridès, Paris
Marlborough Fine Art, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1957

Exhibited

London, Marlborough Fine Art, XIXth and XXth Century French Masters, 1956, no. 45, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Paul Pétridès, L'Œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1959, vol. I, no. 289, illustrated p. 349
Jean Fabris & Cédric Paillier, L'Œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 2009, vol. I, no. 014, illustrated in colour p. 68

Condition

The canvas is lined. UV examination reveals lines of retouching along the extreme lower edge, upper two corners, and some further scattered spots to the composition. There is some slight frame rubbing to the centre of the extreme upper edge. Otherwise, this work is in overall fairly good condition.
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