MAURICE DENIS (1870-1943) Vue de la Villa Balestra
signed and dated ‘MAV. DENIS. 28’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 ¾ x 22 in. (40 x 56 cm.)
Painted in 1928
MAURICE DENIS (1870-1943) Vue de la Villa Balestra
signed and dated ‘MAV. DENIS. 28’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 ¾ x 22 in. (40 x 56 cm.)
Painted in 1928
The artist’s estate. Bernadette Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, by 1966. Dr Robert Ducroquet, Septeuil; his sale, Christie’s, London, 28 November 1972, lot 154. Galerie Kurt Meissner, Zurich, by whom acquired at the above sale. Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above in 1973. Anonymous sale, Koller Auktionen, Zurich, 2 December 2016, lot 3220. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Paris, Galerie Druet, Exposition Maurice Denis, November - December 1929, no. 19. Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Peintres actuels, May 1930, no. 25. Paris, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Exposition Maurice Denis, Dessins, esquisses et paysages, April - May 1933, no. 19. Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Maurice Denis, May - June 1941, no. 21.
Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl will include this work in their forthcoming Denis catalogue raisonné.
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