Lot 174
  • 174

Maximilien Luce

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Maximilien Luce
  • LA BAIGNADE
  • Signed Luce (lower right)

  • Oil on canvas
  • 28 1/2 by 43 1/2 in.
  • 72.4 by 110.5 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Wildenstein & Co., New York
Private Collection, Mexico (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 2005, lot 182)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Maximilien Luce, 1885-1941: The Evolution of a Post-Impressionist, 1997, no. 44
Ornans, Musée Courbet, Jeux d'eau de la source à l'océan, 2004, no. B4

Literature

Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, vol. III, Paris, 2005, no. 1930, illustrated p. 360

Condition

Work is in excellent condition. Original canvas. There is a layer of varnish on the surface. Under UV light: some pigments fluoresce but appear to be original and no inpainting is apparent. Color: Slightly brighter and more varied in original.
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