Lot 397
  • 397

MAURICE UTRILLO | Au caveau de l'Île des Singes, les Gobelins, Paris

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maurice Utrillo
  • Au caveau de l'Île des Singes, les Gobelins, Paris
  • signed Maurice, Utrillo, V., and dated 1937 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 47 by 56cm., 18 1/2 by 22in.
  • Painted in 1937.

Provenance

E.J. Duintjer, Veendam
Sale: Christie’s, London, 28th June 1994, lot 229
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Groningen, Groninger Museum & Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Keuze nit de collecties van wijlen E. J. Duintjer en wijlen Professor G. Kraus, 1956-57, no. 51
Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo, Japan Museum of Art (& travelling in Japan), Maurice Utrillo, 2010, no. 64, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Condition

The canvas is not lined and examination under UV light reveals no signs of retouching. There is some minor pigment shrinkage visible, in particular to the white wall of the restaurant. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Jean Fabris.