Lot 412
  • 412

Maximilien Luce

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Maximilien Luce
  • Les Terrils, Charleroi
  • Signed Luce (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 23 7/8 by 36 1/4 in.
  • 60.6 by 92.1 cm

Provenance

The Estate of the artist

Exhibited

Paris, Musée de la Pensée Française, Maximilien Luce, 1858-1941, 1958, no. 36
Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Maximilien Luce, 1966, no. 33, illustrated in the catalogue
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Luce, 1977, no. 13
Paris, Musée Marmottan, Maximilien Luce, 1983, no. 27
New York, Wildenstein Gallery, Maximilien Luce, 1858-1941: The Evolution of a Post-Impressionist, 1997, no. 11, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature

Philippe Cazeau, Maximilien Luce, Lausanne & Paris, 1983, illustrated p. 90
Jean Bouin-Luce & Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1986, no. 1070, illustrated p. 266

Condition

The canvas is not lined but its edges have been reinforced with tape. The surface is clean and bright, and there are a few small scattered areas of light, stable craquelure. Under UV light: scattered strokes of inpainting are visible along the upper edge and extreme upper right corner to address prior frame abrasion. In addition, there are a few scattered strokes in a horizontal line three inches below the top edge of the canvas. Otherwise fine; the work is in very good condition.
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