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The late Jean Fabris confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Eglise de Serre, Luz-Saint-Sauveur (Haute-Pyrénées)
Details
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Eglise de Serre, Luz-Saint-Sauveur (Haute-Pyrénées)
signed, dated and inscribed 'À Madame Gaston Bernheim, Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Église de Serre, Hautes-Pyrénées, Hommages respectueux, Maurice Utrillo, V, Janvier 1927,' (lower right)
gouache on paper
14 x 19 in. (35.5 x 48 cm.)
Executed in January 1927
Eglise de Serre, Luz-Saint-Sauveur (Haute-Pyrénées)
signed, dated and inscribed 'À Madame Gaston Bernheim, Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Église de Serre, Hautes-Pyrénées, Hommages respectueux, Maurice Utrillo, V, Janvier 1927,' (lower right)
gouache on paper
14 x 19 in. (35.5 x 48 cm.)
Executed in January 1927
Provenance
Madame Gaston Bernheim de Villiers, a gift from the artist.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 November 1992, lot 5.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 November 1992, lot 5.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial, Maurice Utrillo, April - July 2010, no. 44 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Niigata, Prefectural Museum, July - August 2010, Kyoto, Museum Eki, September - October 2010, and Aichi, Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History, October - December 2010.
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