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Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)
Lot 174

Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)

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Closed9 May 2013

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Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)
Ferme
signed 'Vlaminck' (lower left) and dedicated 'à Tonton' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor and brush and black ink on paper
9 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. (23.8 x 29.2 cm.)

Gaston Baheux, Paris (gift from the artist).
Max Bodner, New York.
Joan Rechler, New York (acquired from the above, 1968); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 14 November 1996, lot 207.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Maïthé Vallès-Bled and Godelieve de Vlaminck will include this work in their forthcoming Maurice de Vlaminck catalogue critique currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.

The dedication on the present work, "à Tonton," refers to the animateur of Parisian cabarets, Gaston Baheux, who came to be known as "Tonton de Montmartre."