Lot Essay
Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl will include this work in their forthcoming Denis catalogue raisonné under the number 914.0022.
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Le goûter sous les châtaigniers
Details
Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
Le goûter sous les châtaigniers
signed and dated 'MAVRICE DENIS 14' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 48 1/2 in. (80.3 x 123.2 cm.)
Painted in 1914
Le goûter sous les châtaigniers
signed and dated 'MAVRICE DENIS 14' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 48 1/2 in. (80.3 x 123.2 cm.)
Painted in 1914
Provenance
Galerie Druet, Paris (no. 8685), by 1 July 1916.
Returned to the artist, 22 April 1918.
Mr Matsukata, by 1921, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Confiscated by the French government in 1944; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 November 1947.
Private collection, by 1985.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 March 1986, lot 45.
Richard Green Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above in the late 1980s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Returned to the artist, 22 April 1918.
Mr Matsukata, by 1921, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Confiscated by the French government in 1944; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 November 1947.
Private collection, by 1985.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 March 1986, lot 45.
Richard Green Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above in the late 1980s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Druet, Oeuvres récentes de Maurice Denis, 1916.
Paris, Pavillon de Marsan, Exposition Maurice Denis, 1888-1924, April - May 1924, no. 228 (titled 'Le goûter').
Perros-Guirec, Maison des Traouieros, Maurice Denis à Perros-Guirec, July - August 1985, no. P80 bis, p. 57.
Paris, Pavillon de Marsan, Exposition Maurice Denis, 1888-1924, April - May 1924, no. 228 (titled 'Le goûter').
Perros-Guirec, Maison des Traouieros, Maurice Denis à Perros-Guirec, July - August 1985, no. P80 bis, p. 57.
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