Lot 239
  • 239

MAURICE UTRILLO | Maquis, Montmartre

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • Maquis, Montmartre
  • Signed Maurice, Utrillo, V, (lower right)
  • Oil on board laid down on canvas
  • 12 7/8 by 16 in.
  • 32.7 by 40.7 cm
  • Painted circa 1922.

Provenance

Walter Klinkoff Gallery, Inc., Montreal
Acquired in 1990 by the present owner

Exhibited

Kyoto, Kyoto Daimaru & traveling, L'Exposition rétrospective de Maurice Utrillo: à l'occasion du trentième anniversaire de la mort de l'artist, 1985-86, no. 24, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Paul Pétridès, L'Oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 515, illustrated p. 86

Condition

The board is sound. There is a 1/2 cm loss to the lower left corner. The colors are well-preserved. Under UV light: A layer of varnish makes the panel difficult to read. Minor strokes of inpainting at multiple places to all four edges. Some further delicate strokes above the house at upper right, to the fence at lower right, and to the figures at lower left. This work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.