Maurice UTRILLO
La Place du Tertre à Montmartre
Confirmation of authenticity: Jean Fabris, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, June 21, 2010.
Provenance: Kurt Sponagel-Hirzel, Zurich, 1955; private collection, Switzerland; Sotheby’s, London, 25.3.1992, Lot no. 62; private property, Switzerland.
Literature: Pierre Courthion, Montmartre, Lausanne 1956 (ill. on p. 118, dated 1920); Paul Pétridès, L’oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris 1962, vol. 2, p. 320, no. 901 (ill. on p. 321 with differing dimensions).
The work on offer is believed to have been created around 1920 – 1922.