Maurice UTRILLO
Place des Abbesses
signed Maurice, Utrillo, V, (lower right)
oil on canvas
64,9 x 92,2 cm; 25½ x 36¼ in.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.
Provenance
Private collection, France (acquired directly from the artist)
Private collection, France (by descent from the above)
Sotheby’s Paris, 23 October 2023, lot 155 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Salon des Tuileries, 1953, no. 175, illustrated
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Salon de l’Hôtel de Ville, Chefs d’œuvres de collections privées de Gauguin à Kupka, 1967, no. 97 bis
Maurice UTRILLO
Place du Tertre à Montmartre
signed Maurice, Utrillo, V, and dated 1932, (lower right)
oil on canvas
65 x 80,8 cm; 25⅝ x 31⅞ in.
Executed in 1932.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.
Provenance
Jean-Marc Roudinesco, Neuilly
Jacques and Claude Rohault de Fleury, Paris
Private collection, Paris (by descent from the above)
Sotheby’s Paris, 23 October 2020, lot 49 (consigned by the above)
Private collection, Belgium
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Maurice Utrillo, peintures et gouaches de la période 1919-1934, 1934 (probably)
Literature
Paul Pétridès, L’Œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1969, vol. III, no. 1402, p. 57, illustrated
Maurice UTRILLO
Avenue de Versailles et la Tour Eiffel
dedicated Amicalement à Tabarant, signed Maurice. Utrillo V. and dated janvier 1922. (lower right)
oil on canvas
50,3 x 65,2 cm; 19¾ x 25⅝ in.
Painted in 1922.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.
Provenance
Adolphe Tabarant, Paris (gift from the artist)
Mrs. M. Leroux, Paris (acquired in 1957)
Private collection, Paris (by descent from the above)
Sotheby’s Paris, 20 October 2023, lot 94 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Tokyo, Musée d’art d’Isetan; Nagoya, Musée d’art de Matsuzakaya, and Hiroshima, Musée des beaux-arts, Rétrospective Maurice Utrillo, 1997
Literature
Adolphe Tabarant, Utrillo, Paris, 1926, p. 179, illustrated (titled La Tour Eiffel)
Paul Pétridès, L’œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1974, vol. II, no. 957, p. 361, illustrated
Maurice UTRILLO
Fortifications au nord de Paris
signed and dated Maurice, Utrillo, V, 1925 (lower right)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
47,9 x 62,9 cm; 19 ⅛ x 24 ⅞ in.
Executed in 1925.
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the complete work of Maurice Utrillo.
Provenance
Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris
Wally Findlay Galleries, Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Everts, South Carolina
Sotheby’s New York, 20 February 1986, lot 40 (consigned by the above)
Private collection, USA (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby’s London, 29 March 1988, lot 30 (consigned by the above)
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby’s London, 30 November 1994, lot 287 (consigned by the above)
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired at the above sale)
Christie’s London, 25 June 2014, lot 396 (consigned by the above)
Private collection (acquired at the above sale)
Christie’s New York, 13 May 2023, lot 779 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art; Niigata, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art; Kyoto, Museum EKI Kyoto andToyohashi, Toyohashi City Art Museum, Maurice Utrillo, 2010, no. 40, p. 77, illustrated in colour
Literature
Paul Pétridès, L’œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1962, vol. II, pp. 438-39, no. 1105, illustrated
Suzanne Valadon
Nu au chat couché sur une draperie
signed Suzanne Valadon and dated 1920 (center right); inscribed « nu » and signed with the initials sV. (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
145,7 x 97,2 cm; 57⅜ x 38¼ in.
Executed in 1920.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.
Provenance
Galerie Bernier, Paris
Maurice Coutot, Paris
Private collection, Paris (gift from the above circa 1960)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Hommage à Suzanne Valadon (1867-1938), no. 36 (titled Nu au chat) (probably)
Literature
Nesto Jacometti, Suzanne Valadon, Geneva, 1947, no. 38 (titled Nu au chat)
Paul Pétridès, L’œuvre complet de Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1971, no. P174, illustrated np.