Lot 180
  • 180

Maurice Utrillo

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • Chapelle de Notre-Dame de Bermont (Vosges)
  • Signed Maurice, Utrillo, V, and dated Avril 1937, (lower right); titled Chapelle de Notre-Dame de Bermont, (Vosges), (lower left)
  • Gouache on paper laid down on board
  • 23 3/8 by 19 in.
  • 59.4 by 48.3 cm

Literature

Paul Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. III, Paris, 1969, no. 1813, illustrated p. 189 (catalogued incorrectly as oil on unidentified support)

Condition

Executed on thick cream wove paper laid down on board. Artist's pinholes at corners and center of side edges. Minor abrasions at extreme bottom corners, and slight frame abrasions to extreme perimeter from prior framing. Two areas of minor craquelure at center of right edge. Apart from a few tiny scuffs, surface is very well preserved and colors are bright and very fresh. Work is in good condition.
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