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Le Maquis à Montmartre
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Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Le Maquis à Montmartre
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V,' (lower right) and inscribed '-Le Maquis à Montmartre.' (lower left)
oil on board
13 5/8 x 19¾ in. (34.5 x 50.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1940
Le Maquis à Montmartre
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V,' (lower right) and inscribed '-Le Maquis à Montmartre.' (lower left)
oil on board
13 5/8 x 19¾ in. (34.5 x 50.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1940
Provenance
Private collection, France.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan museum of Art, Maurice Utrillo, April - July 2010, no. 47, p. 85 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Niigata, Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, July - August 2010; Kyoto, Museum Eki, September - October 2010 and Aichi, Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History, October - December 2010.
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