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Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre
Details
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V,' (lower left)
oil on panel
13 x 16 ¼ in. (32.8 x 41.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1918-1920
Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V,' (lower left)
oil on panel
13 x 16 ¼ in. (32.8 x 41.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1918-1920
Provenance
M. J. Watch, Basel.
Private collection, Switzerland; sale, Christie's, London, 21 June 2006, lot 252.
Private collection, Japan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private collection, Switzerland; sale, Christie's, London, 21 June 2006, lot 252.
Private collection, Japan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
F. Jourdain, Utrillo, Paris, 1953 , no. 1 (illustrated in color; dated 1904 and titled Le maquis de Montmartre; with incorrect dimensions).
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1962, vol. II, p. 180, no. 667 (illustrated, p. 181; dated circa 1917 and titled Montmartre).
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1962, vol. II, p. 180, no. 667 (illustrated, p. 181; dated circa 1917 and titled Montmartre).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Mitaka City Gallery of Art; Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art; Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art and Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Maurice Utrillo: le Montmartre du rêve et de la poésie, April-December 2007, p. 34, no. 18. (illustrated in color).
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