MAURICE UTRILLO | Les Fortifications, Paris

Paul Pétridès, Paris
Private Collection, Switzerland (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 2006, lot 367)
Acquired at the above sale

Tokyo, Tokyo Central Museum of Art & traveling, Maurice Utrillo, 1967, no. 97, illustrated in the catalogue (dated circa 1942)
Tokyo, Daimaru Museum & traveling, Maurice Utrillo, 1992, no. 64, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Bologna, Galerie Marescalchi, Maurice Utrillo, 1993, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue
Lugano, La Relart Centre Culturel, Maurice Utrillo, 1994, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue
Monaco, Musée océanographique, Maurice Utrillo, 1995, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue
Fukuyama, Fukuyama Art Museum & traveling, Maurice Utrillo, 1996-97, no. 33, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Padua, Palazzo Zabarella & traveling, Maurice Utrillo, 1997-98, no. 41, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Oita, Oita Prefectural Art Museum & traveling, Maurice Utrillo, 1998-99, no. 65, illustrated in color in the catalogue 

Paul Pétridès, L'Oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. III, Paris, 1969, no. 1475, illustrated p. 79

The canvas is unlined. All four edges have been covered with tape. There is some remaining residue where the tape is missing along the edges. The colors are bright and fresh. There is slight pigment shrinkage to the blue pigments of the skirt of one of the figures in center. There is a slight undulation to the canvas toward the upper right corner. There are pindot losses to the pigment in the upper right corner. There is a loss measuring one inch in length above the red smoke stack toward upper right. Under UV inspection, there are strokes of inpainting visible in the upper right quadrant, to address aforementioned losses. There are three strokes of inpainting in the blue pigments of the sky. There are a few other small strokes of inapinting along the right half of the lower edge. The work is in good condition.
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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.