Maurice UTRILLO
Le Maquis à Montmartre
signed and dated ‘Maurice, Utrillo, V, Novembre 1930.’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Le Maquis à Montmartre,’ (lower left)
gouache, watercolour and pencil on board
34.9 x 50.6cm (13 3/4 x 19 15/16in).
Painted in November 1930
Provenance:
Galerie Kleinmann, Paris, no. 330 (probably acquired circa 1940).
The Redfern Gallery, London.
S. Samuels Collection, Liverpool (acquired from the above on 16 May 1951).
Interart Distributors, Johannesburg.
Private collection, Australia and South Africa (acquired from the above before 1986).
Private collection, London and Sydney (by descent from the above).
Literature:
P. Pétridès, L’oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Vol. IV, Paris, 1966, no. AG 218 (illustrated p. 227).
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.
This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Maurice Utrillo catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared.
Maurice UTRILLO
Rue de village
signed ‘Maurice. Utrillo. V.’ (lower right)
gouache and watercolour on paper
42.1 x 55.8cm (16 9/16 x 21 15/16in).
Executed circa 1916
Provenance:
Private collection (acquired in South Africa, probably in the 1980s).
Private collection, Australia (by descent from the above).
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.
This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Maurice Utrillo catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared.