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MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (1876-1958)
Lot 691 UNFORGETTABLE LIGHT: PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LUCIA ZURKOWSKI

MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (1876-1958)

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Closed19 November 2022

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MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (1876-1958)
Avant l'orage
signed 'Vlaminck' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor and brush and black ink on paper
11 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (29.8 x 34 cm.)
Painted in 1945-1946

Private collection, France (acquired from the artist).
David B. Findlay Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, by 1964).
Ted and Evelyn Bates, New York.
Evelyn Turull Bates, New York (by descent from the above, 1972); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 13 May 1993, lot 231.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note

This work was commissioned, among others, by éditions Flammarion in 1944 to illustrate their upcoming re-edition of Marcel Aymé's 1929 book, La Table aux Crevés. Vlaminck kept the original pieces but allowed for their reproduction in print.