Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Le Moulin de la Galette à Montmartre
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V,' (lower center) and titled 'Le Moulin de la Galette à Montmartre,' (lower left)
gouache on paper laid down on board
18 7/8 x 24¾ in. (47.9 x 62.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1930
Provenance
Galerie Pétridès, Paris.
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo.
Hiroshima Museum of Art (acquired from the above, October 1973).
Gallery Nichido, Fukuoka (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1981.
Literature
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1974, vol. V (supplément), p. 62, no. AG 603 (illustrated, p. 63).
Exhibited
Hiroshima Museum of Art, November 1978, no. 74 (illustrated).
Kasama, Nichido Museum of Art, Utrillo, February-March 1986, no. 33 (illustrated).
Lot Essay
Jean Fabris will include this work in his forthcoming Utrillo catalogue raisonné.