Lot 101
  • 101

Maxime Maufra

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Maxime Maufra
  • Le Village, Morgat
  • Signed Maufra and dated 1901. (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 22 5/8 by 32 1/4 in.
  • 57.5 by 81.9 cm

Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1902)
Sale: Vente de la Fraternité des Artistes, May 1, 1917
Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired at the above sale)
M. Barassé, Paris (acquired from the above in 1942)
Abby M. Taylor Fine Art, LLC., Greenwich, Connecticut
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition Maxime Maufra, 1926, no. 19

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The canvas is not lined. The surface is clean and features a richly-textured impasto that is well preserved. There is a pindot loss in the upper left quadrant. Under UV light: two small spots of inpainting are present in the houses at center left, otherwise fine.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Madame Caroline Durand-Ruel Godfroy.