ID 1308823
Lot 47 | MAURICE DENIS (1870-1943)
Estimate value
£ 18 000 – 25 000
Piazza del Campo, Sienne
signed and dated 'MAVD.07' (lower right)
oil on board
14 5/8 x 13 in. (37.2 x 33 cm.)
Painted in 1907.
Provenance
Henri Aubry, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1908.
Galerie Druet, Paris, by whom acquired in 1912.
Charles Pacquemont, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, by 1924; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12 December 1932, lot 16.
Solange Rosenmacke (née Autard de Bragard), Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel des ventes de Quimper, Paris, 28 April 1996, lot 130.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14 November 1997.
Neal Fiertag & W.M. Brady & Co., Paris & New York.
with Concorde Fine Arts Inc., Delaware, where acquired for the present collection in May 1998.
Literature
C. Zappia, Maurice Denis e l'Italia, Journal, carteggi, carnets, Perugia, 2001, no. 34b, p. 68 (illustrated; titled 'Piazza del Campo jour de pluie').
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Druet, Maurice Denis, November - December 1908, no. 30, p. 15 (titled 'Piazza del Campo').
London, The Goupil Gallery, Salon, 1912, no. 80.
Paris, Hôtel de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts, Première exposition de collectionneurs au profit de la Société des Amis du Luxembourg, March - April 1924, no. 190, (titled 'Sienne').
Paris, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan, Exposition Maurice Denis, 1888-1924, April - May 1924, no. 157 or 158, p. 11 (titled 'Sienne').
Further details
Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl will include this work in their forthcoming Denis catalogue raisonné.
Artist: | Maurice Denis (1870 - 1943) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Symbolism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Maurice Denis (1870 - 1943) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Symbolism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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