Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
L'Eglise Saint-Pierre à Orthez
signed and dated 'Maurice, Utrillo, V, 1923,' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 36¼ in. (73 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1923
Provenance
Reinhardt Galleries, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hochschild, New York (acquired from the above, 1927).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1962, vol. II, p. 412, no. 1048 (illustrated, p. 413).
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Utrillo, October 1963, no. 92 (illustrated).
Lot Essay
Jean Fabris has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.