Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955)
Le Moulin de la Galette et le Sacré-Coeur
signed 'Maurice.Utrillo.V,' (lower right) and inscribed 'Montmartre' (lower left)
oil on panel
19 4/8 x 12 3/4 in. (24.4 x 32.5 cm.)
Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955)
Le Moulin de la Galette et le Sacré-Coeur
signed 'Maurice.Utrillo.V,' (lower right) and inscribed 'Montmartre' (lower left)
oil on panel
19 4/8 x 12 3/4 in. (24.4 x 32.5 cm.)
Private collection, by whom acquired in the late 1940s, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 October 2002, lot 171. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Utrillo, Centenaire de la naissance de l'artiste, May - August 1983, no. 47; this exhibition later travelled to Liège, Musée Saint-Georges; and Lille, Fondation Septentrion. Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, Exposition dans le cadre du Centenaire de la naissance d'Utrillo, 1983. Paris, Musée de la Poste, Exposition à l'occasion de l'émission du timbre commémoratif 'Utrillo', 1983. Tokyo, Odakyu Grand Gallery, Rétrospective de Maurice Utrillo, November 1985; this exhibition later travelled to Osaka, Daimaru Art Gallery; Kyoto, Daimaru Art Gallery; Yamaguchi, Prefectural Museum of Art; and Kumamoto, Prefectural Museum of Art. Paris, Trianon de Bagatelle, Maurice Utrillo, Suzanne Valadon et André Utter, December 1987 - January 1988. Osaka, Kintetsu Grand Gallery, Abeno, Maurice Utrillo, November 1988, no. 66 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Nagasaki, Art Museum; Kitakyushu, Municipal Museum; and Yokohama, Sogo Art Museum.
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Specialist note
Jean Fabris confirmed the authenticity of this work in 2002.
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