Lot 101
  • 101

Maxime Maufra

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Maxime Maufra
  • Grosse mer à Étretat
  • Signed Maufra. (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 15 by 18 in.
  • 38.1 by 45.7 cm

Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired directly from the artist on April 5, 1895)
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above in 1895)
Marlborough Fine Arts, Ltd., London (acquired after 1949)
Dr. Renate Davis, London (acquired from the above and sold: Lyon & Turnbull, London, November 28, 2013, lot 111)
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Maxime Maufra, 1896, no. 12

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. The surface is richly textured and the color are bright and fresh. Under UV, certain original pigments fluoresce and a layer of varnish is difficult to read through. There is no apparent inpainting. The work is in very good condition.
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