Lot 484
  • 484

Maximilien Luce

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maximilien Luce
  • Honfleur
  • signed Luce (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 54 by 65.5cm., 21 1/4 by 25 3/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie Odermatt-Cazeau, Paris
Acquired from the above on 10th July 1989

Exhibited

Paris, Musée Marmotton, Exposition Luce, 1983

Literature

Philippe Cazeau, Maximilien Luce, Paris, 1982, p. 194
Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1986, vol. II, no. 1825, illustrated p. 437

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a thin layer of varnish preventing the UV light from fully penetrating the surface however UV examination reveals a possible small area of old retouchings to the mast of the rightmost boat close to the town. This work is in overall good condition.
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