Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)

Le Moulin de la Galette à Montmartre

Details
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Le Moulin de la Galette à Montmartre
signed and indistinctly dedicated bottom right 'Maurice, Utrillo, V', inscribed bottom left 'Montmartre'
oil on canvas
19½ x 23 7/8in. (49.5 x 60.8cm.)
Painted circa 1936
Provenance
Jean Duhamel, Paris (gift from the artist)
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, Nov. 30, 1987, lot 67 (acquired by the present owner)
Literature
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1969, vol. III, no. 1668 (illustrated, p. 145)
Exhibited
Osaka, Kintetsu Grande Galerie, Maurice Utrillo, Nov., 1988, no. 69 (illustrated in color). The exhibition traveled to Nagasaki, Musée d'Art, Nov.-Dec., 1988; Kitakyushu, Musée Municipal d'Art, Dec., 1988-Feb., 1989 and Yokohama, Musée d'Art Sogo, May-April, 1989.