Maurice UTRILLO
Rue Norvins à Montmartre
signed ‘Maurice, Utrillo, V,’ (lower right)
gouache and charcoal on paper laid down on board, laid down on panel
25 1⁄8 x 19 ½ in. (63.8 x 49.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1933
Provenance:
(Probably) Richard Weill, Barcelona, by 1962; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 5 December 1962, lot 123.
S. Hunter, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Jacob Goldschmidt, New York.
Private collection, Connecticut, by whom acquired from the above circa 1970, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 6 May 2009, lot 248.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature:
P. Pétridès, L’œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. IV, Paris, 1966, nos. AG 294, p. 276 & AG 441, p. 370 (illustrated pp. 277 & 371).
The Comité Utrillo has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Maurice UTRILLO
Belle Gabrielle et la rue Saint-Vincent à Montmartre
signed ‘Maurice Utrillo. V.’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
16.3/8 x 13.1/4 in. (41.5 x 33.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1919
Provenance:
Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris.
Lawrence S. & Kaitlyn Pollock, Dallas, by whom acquired from the above in 1958.
Private foundation, Texas, a gift from the above.
Acquired from the above by Max and Cecile Draime, 1997.
Literature:
P. Pétridès, L’œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 587, p. 130 (illustrated p. 131).
Exhibited:
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Maurice Utrillo, October – December 1963, no. 74 (illustrated).
Dallas Museum of Art, long-term loan, 1989-1997).