Lot Essay
The late Jean Fabris confirmed the authenticity of this work in 2001.
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THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS COLLECTOR
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Temple protestant à Baigts (Basses-Pyrénées)
Details
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Temple protestant à Baigts (Basses-Pyrénées)
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V, Août 1923,' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'Temple protestant à Baigts, (B. Pyrénées,)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. (55 x 46 cm.)
Painted in August 1923
Temple protestant à Baigts (Basses-Pyrénées)
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V, Août 1923,' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'Temple protestant à Baigts, (B. Pyrénées,)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. (55 x 46 cm.)
Painted in August 1923
Provenance
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris.
Private collection, Geneva, and thence by descent.
Private collection, Geneva, and thence by descent.
Literature
A. Tabarant, Utrillo, Paris, 1926, p. 194 (illustrated).
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 1053, p. 414 (illustrated p. 415).
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 1053, p. 414 (illustrated p. 415).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Maurice Utrillo, 1904-1951, April - June 2002, no. 50, p. 162 (illustrated pp. 84 & 144); this exhibition later travelled to Toyama, Prefectural Museum of Modern Art; Gifu, Fine Arts Museum; and Tokushima, Prefectural Museum of Modern Art.
Tokyo, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Cinquantième anniversaire de la mort de Maurice Utrillo, September 2005 - March 2006, no. 36 (illustrated p. 63).
Tokyo, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Cinquantième anniversaire de la mort de Maurice Utrillo, September 2005 - March 2006, no. 36 (illustrated p. 63).
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