Maurice de Vlaminck

Niveau Gallery, New York
Art Foundation, Inc., New York (acquired from the above in 1945)
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, January 25, 1961, lot 68
Sidney Mormar (acquired at the above sale)
Marck Jacob Mormar (by descent from the above in 1981)
The Gallery at Four India Street, Nantucket (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000

Canvas is unlined. Surface is clean. Under UV light a small area of inpainting is visible at the extreme upper left corner and another near the center of the top edge to address prior frame abrasion. In addtion there is a spot at the extreme right edge about six inches below the top of the canvas. There are two pindots in the sky at upper left quadrant, one spot in the roof on the right side of the church, an area of scattered retouches to the right of the steeple, a pindot at the top of the steeple and a one inch vertical line in the darker portion of the sky above the right hand side of the church. An area of pooling varnish fluoresces at lower right, otherwise fine. This work is in generally good condition.
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