Live Auction 3738Impressionist and Modern Day Sale Including Property from the John C. Whitehead Collection
Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
Lot 1300

Maurice Denis (1870-1943)

Les rochers noirs

Closed15 May 2015

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USD 137,000

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Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
Les rochers noirs
signed with initials and dated 'MAVD 1912' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 36 ¼ in. (65.3 x 90.3 cm.)
Painted in 1912

Galerie E. Druet, Paris (November 1912).
M. Mancini, Paris (acquired from the above).
Galerie E. Druet, Paris (January 1926).
Private collection (February 1938).
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1960.

Specialist note

Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl will include this work in their forthcoming Denis catalogue raisonné.