Lot 154
  • 154

Maurice Utrillo

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • Tabac restaurant Bibet à Saint-Bernard (Ain)
  • Signed Maurice, Utrillo, V, and dated 1932, (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 1/2 by 24 3/4 in.
  • 54.6 by 62.8 cm

Provenance

Samuel J. & Ethel LeFrak, New York
Thence by descent

Condition

This work is in good very good condition. The canvas is unlined. The surface is clean and the impasto is lively. The colors are fresh and strong. Under UV light: there appears to be some spots of retouching in a thin band along the left and right edges. There is scattered cosmetic retouching along the upper edge. Otherwise, fine.
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