Lot 570
  • 570

Maximilien Luce

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maximilien Luce
  • Portrait de Madame Luce (Ambrosine Bouin)
  • signed Luce and dated 1905 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 94.9 by 74.3cm., 37 3/8 by 29 1/4 in.

Provenance

The family of the artist (sale: Sotheby's, London, 7th December 1983, lot 128)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Wildenstein, Maximilien Luce, 1858-1941: The Evolution of a Post-Impressionist, 1997, no. 19, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Philippe Cazeau, Maximilien Luce, Paris, 1982, illustrated pp. 171 & 177
Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1986, vol. II, no. 584, illustrated p. 147
S. Brown, 'Exhibition Reviews New York, Maximilien Luce' in Burlington Magazine, September 1997, illustrated p. 656

Condition

The canvas is not lined. UV examination reveals a few spots of retouching to all four corners and in places along the left edge. There are a further few spots of retouching to the sitter's right cheek and a spot to the left of her shawl. There are a few fine lines of craquelure to the flowers and in places to the sitter's coat. Otherwise this work is overall very good condition.
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