Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Le Maquis de Montmartre
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V,' (lower right) and inscribed '-Montmartre,-' (lower left)
oil on board laid down on cradled panel
24 ½ x 36 ¼ in. (62 x 92 cm.)
Painted circa 1938
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Le Maquis de Montmartre
signed 'Maurice, Utrillo, V,' (lower right) and inscribed '-Montmartre,-' (lower left)
oil on board laid down on cradled panel
24 ½ x 36 ¼ in. (62 x 92 cm.)
Painted circa 1938
Marshall Field & Co., Chicago. Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, December 1959.
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1969, vol. III, p. 198, no. 1852 (illustrated, p. 199).
Paris, Galerie Paul Pétridès, Exposition d'oeuvres récentes de Maurice Utrillo, April-May 1942, p. 19, no. 5 (illustrated, p. 15).
Please note the amended provenance for this lot: Marshall Field & Co., Chicago. Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, December 1959.
Specialist note
Jean Fabris and Cédric Paillier have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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