ID 717898
Lot 403 | MAXIMILIEN LUCE (1858-1941)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Les rochers à Agay
signed and dated 'Luce 94' (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 3⁄4 x 19 3⁄4 in. (50.2 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted in 1894
Provenance
Georges Lévy, Paris.
Mr. & Mrs. J.J. Purris, New York; sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 28 May 1976, lot 565.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
D. Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1986, no. 978, p. 244 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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Post lot text
The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the Heirs of Georges Lévy. The hammer price for the Lot will be donated to HIAS and American Friends of Magen David Adom. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.
| Artist: | Maximilien Luce (1858 - 1941) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Maximilien Luce (1858 - 1941) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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