ID 717923
Lot 507 | MAURICE UTRILLO (1883-1955)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Le Lapin Agile à Montmartre
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V,' (lower right)
oil on board
22 1⁄2 x 30 3⁄4 in. (58 x 78 cm.)
Painted circa 1912-1914
Provenance
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris.
Antonio Santamarína, Buenos Aires.
M. Vetrone, Argentina.
Galerie Wildenstein, Paris.
Galerie Koller, Zurich.
Private collection Switzerland, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
P. Pétridès, L'œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. V, Paris, 1974, no. 2526, p. 142 (illustrated p. 143; dated 'circa 1913-1914').
J. Fabris, Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1992, p. 241 (illustrated p. 74; dated 'circa 1914').
J. Fabris & C. Paillier, L'œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. I, Paris, 2009, no. 303, pp. 615-616 & 696 (illustrated p. 367).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Odakyu Grande Galerie, L'Exposition rétrospective de Maurice Utrillo à l'occasion du trentième anniversaire de la mort de l'artiste, November 1985, no. 20, p. 119 (illustrated pp. 54 & 119; dated 'circa 1914'); this exhibition later travelled to Osaka, Daimaru Art Museum, January 1986, Kyoto, Daimaru Art Museum, January - February 1986, Yamaguchi, Prefectural Art Museum, February - March 1986, and Kumamoto, Prefectural Art Museum, April - May 1986.
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| Artist: | Maurice Utrillo (1883 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Maurice Utrillo (1883 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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