Lot 341
  • 341

Maximilien Luce

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maximilien Luce
  • LE RÉMOULEUR
  • signed Luce (lower left)

  • oil on canvas
  • 54 by 65cm., 21 1/4 by 25 5/8 in.

Provenance

Frédèric Luce
Sale: Briest Scp., Paris, 13th October 1999, lot 88
Sale: Briest Scp., Paris, 27th November 2000, lot 137
Sale: Christie's, London, 11th September 2003, lot 37
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Maximilien Luce, 1977, no. 32
Paris, Musée Marmottan, Maximilien Luce, Paris, 1983, no. 39

Literature

Jean Bouin-Luce & Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1986, vol. II, no. 938, illustrated p. 235

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there appear to be no signs of retouching visible under UV light. Apart from some light surface dirt, this work appears to be in good original condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, although slightly brighter in the original.
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