Lot 207
  • 207

MAURICE UTRILLO | Tour du Philosophe et Moulin de la Galette, Montmartre

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

Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • Tour du Philosophe et Moulin de la Galette, Montmartre
  • Signed Maurice, Utrillo, V. (lower right) 
  • Oil, gouache, watercolor and crayon on paper laid down on canvas
  • 14 3/4  by 21 1/2  in.
  • 37.5 by 54.6 cm
  • Painted circa 1950.

Provenance

Fritz Grunebaum, Brienz, Switzerland
Sale: Christie's, New York, May 13, 1993, lot 203
Alexander Kahan Fine Arts Ltd., New York
Acquired from the above on April 20, 2006

Condition

The work is in very good condition. The work is executed on cream wove paper which has been laid down to canvas. There are artist pinholes on all four corners. In areas with oil pigments there is some minor craquelure. Under UV inspection, no inpainting is apparent.
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Catalogue Note

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