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Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
Lot 315 THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Maurice Denis (1870-1943)

Le goûter sous les châtaigniers

Closed23 June 2016

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Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
Le goûter sous les châtaigniers
signed and dated 'MAVRICE DENIS 14' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 48 1/2 in. (80.3 x 123.2 cm.)
Painted in 1914

Galerie Druet, Paris (no. 8685), by 1 July 1916.
Returned to the artist, 22 April 1918.
Mr Matsukata, by 1921, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Confiscated by the French government in 1944; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 November 1947.
Private collection, by 1985.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 March 1986, lot 45.
Richard Green Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above in the late 1980s, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl will include this work in their forthcoming Denis catalogue raisonné under the number 914.0022.