Lot Essay
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Property from a Private Japanese Collection
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Eglise de Limours
Details
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Eglise de Limours
signed and dated 'Maurice, Utrillo, V, 1922,' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 ¾ x 12 3/8 in. (55.4 x 31.5 cm.)
Painted in 1922
Eglise de Limours
signed and dated 'Maurice, Utrillo, V, 1922,' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 ¾ x 12 3/8 in. (55.4 x 31.5 cm.)
Painted in 1922
Provenance
(possibly) Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (by 1926).
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1 June 1994, lot 51.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 April 2008, lot 93.
Acquired by the present owner, 2008.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1 June 1994, lot 51.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 April 2008, lot 93.
Acquired by the present owner, 2008.
Literature
A. Tabarant, Utrillo, Paris, 1926, p. 228 (illustrated; illustrated again in color on the cover).
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1962, vol. II, p. 368, no. 970 (illustrated, p. 369).
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1962, vol. II, p. 368, no. 970 (illustrated, p. 369).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Kanagawa, Kyoto, Osaka and Aichi, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Cinquantie'me anniversaire de la mort de Maurice Utrillo, September 2005-March 2006, no. 32 (illustrated in color).
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