Maurice UTRILLO
Le Lapin Agile à Montmartre
signed ‘Maurice, Utrillo, V,’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Montmartre,-’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
14 ¾ x 21 7⁄8 in. (37.5 x 55.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1936
Provenance:
Galleria Borromini, Como (by 1944).
Emilio Sasso, Milan.
Galleria Gissi, Turin.
Galleria d’Arte Rizziero, Teramo.
Private collection, Milan.
Anon. (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby’s, London, 26 June 2008, lot 367.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature:
P. Pétridès, L’oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1969, vol. III, p. 146, no. 1676 (illustrated, p. 147).
Exhibited:
Como, Galleria Borromini, Mostra di Pittura Contemporanea, April-May 1944.
The Comité Utrillo has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Maurice UTRILLO
Rue de l’Abreuvoir à Montmartre
signed ‘Maurice. Utrillo. V.’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
19 5⁄8 x 25 ½ in. (49.6 x 64.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1922-1923
Provenance:
Paul Guillaume, Paris.
Domenica Guillaume, Paris (by descent from the above, 1934).
Valentine Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, November 1935.
The Comité Utrillo has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Maurice UTRILLO
Rue du Mont Cenis à Montmartre
signed and dated ‘Maurice. Utrillo. V. 1912.’ (lower right)
oil on board
29 3⁄8 x 41 3⁄8 in. (74.6 x 105 cm.)
Painted in 1912
Provenance:
Mme J. Bloch, Paris (by circa 1950).
Anon. sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 10 June 1963, lot 38.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale, until at least 1999).
Anon. sale, Artcurial, Paris, 6 December 2004, lot 18.
Daimaru Department Store, Osaka (circa 2006).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, September 2006.
Literature:
P. Pétridès, L’oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1974, vol. V, p. 134, no. 2507 (illustrated).
Exhibited:
Venice, French Pavillion, XXV Biennale di Venezia, June-October 1950.
Tokyo, Daimaru Museum; Kyoto, Daimaru Museum; Osaka, Daimaru Museum Umeda; Shimonoseki Daimaru Bunka Hall and Musée Municipal d’Onomichi, Maurice Utrillo, September-December 1992, p. 135, no. 21 (illustrated in color, pp. 48 and 49).
The Comité Utrillo has confirmed the authenticity of this work.