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Maximilien Luce
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Maximilien Luce
- Le Tréport, barques échouées devant l'église
- Signed Luce (lower left); signed again, dated 1935, and inscribed L'eglise vue des bords de la Bresle/ soleil couchant (on the reverse)
- Oil on panel
- 15 by 18 in.
- 38 by 46 cm
- Painted circa 1935-37.
Provenance
Frédéric Luce, France
Private collection (acquired directly from the above)
Private collection (acquired directly from the above)
Literature
Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, vol. III, Paris, 2005, no. 1175, illustrated p. 246
Condition
The medium is oil on wood panel. There is some cracking to the panel in the upper right, starting from the edge inwards, and slightly along the right edge of the panel as well. There is a small pock-mark like indent into the wood plane, near the center of the right edge. There is a similar sized accretion lower down, near the right edge closer to the corner. There is some minor surface dirt. Under UV : there is no apparent inpainting. The work presents very well.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.