Lot 384
  • 384

Maurice Denis

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Maurice Denis
  • Villa Lante
  • signed Mau. Denis (lower right); titled on the reverse
  • oil on board
  • 38.7 by 52cm., 15 1/4 by 20 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie Charpentier, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Partitions et livres provenant de la bibliothéque de Vincent d'Indy, 1933, no. 12
Venice, XXa esposizione Biennale di Venezia, 1936, no. 71
New York, Panorama de la Peinture Contemporaine, no . 66

Literature

Eugène Druet & Laurent Vizzavona, L'Œuvre de Maurice Denis - Photographies, no. 65453, illustrated p. 49

Condition

The board is stable. UV examination reveals a few spots of retouching to the pink and blue pigments, and some spots towards the lower part of the right edge. This work is in good condition.
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