Lot 91
  • 91

Maximilien Luce

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Maximilien Luce
  • Méricourt, baigneurs près du plongeoir
  • Signed Luce (lower left); inscribed Méricourt, signed again and dated 1929 (on the reverse)
  • Oil on panel
  • 12 1/8 by 16 1/8 in.
  • 31 by 41 cm
  • Painted circa 1935.

Provenance

The artist's atelier
Frédéric Luce
Private collection

Literature

Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, vol. III,  Paris, 2005, no. 1921, illustrated p. 358

Condition

The medium is oil on panel. The work is in good overall condition. The surface is in very good overall condition. Under UV there are some small scattered dots and dashes of inpainting throughout the work and two 1.5 in. lines of inpainting, in the upper left, and lower right quadrants. The colors are clear and the work presents well.
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