PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTOR
MAURICE UTRILLO (1883-1955)
La Tour Eiffel à Paris sous la neige
Details
MAURICE UTRILLO (1883-1955)
La Tour Eiffel à Paris sous la neige
signed and dated 'Maurice, Utrillo, V, Décembre 1933,' (lower left); signed again and inscribed 'La Tour Eiffel à Paris, A mon ami Roger Laforêt, Maurice, Utrillo, V.' (lower right)
gouache on paper laid down on Masonite
19 7⁄8 x 25 ¾ in. (50.5 x 65.4 cm.)
Executed in December 1933
La Tour Eiffel à Paris sous la neige
signed and dated 'Maurice, Utrillo, V, Décembre 1933,' (lower left); signed again and inscribed 'La Tour Eiffel à Paris, A mon ami Roger Laforêt, Maurice, Utrillo, V.' (lower right)
gouache on paper laid down on Masonite
19 7⁄8 x 25 ¾ in. (50.5 x 65.4 cm.)
Executed in December 1933
Provenance
Roger Laforêt, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Galerie Pétridès, Paris.
Galerie Mme Schneider, Paris.
Galerie Félix Vercel, New York & Paris.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above in 1973, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 10 February 2011, lot 274.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Pétridès, Paris.
Galerie Mme Schneider, Paris.
Galerie Félix Vercel, New York & Paris.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above in 1973, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 10 February 2011, lot 274.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. V, Supplément, Paris, 1974, no. AG609, p. 66 (illustrated p. 67).
Further Details
The Comité Utrillo has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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