Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Paysage de neige à Bourg-La-Reine
signed 'Maurice. Utrillo. V.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 x 21½ in. (45.7 x 54.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1923
Provenance
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie, Paris.
Thomas McClean (Eugene Cremetti), London.
Thomas Guthrie Brownlie, Glasgow (1925).
R.W. Millar (circa 1943); Estate sale, Christie's, London, 28 June 1988, lot 213.
Mme Mariella Golding (acquired at the above sale).
Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1990s.
Literature
A. Tabarant, Utrillo, Paris, 1926, p. 229 (illustrated).
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 1962, vol. II, p. 400, no. 1025 (illustrated, p. 401).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Malingue, Les Maîtres Impressionistes et Modernes, November-December 1988, no. 16.
Glasgow Art Gallery, The Spirit of France, 1943, no. 66.
Lot Essay
Jean Fabris has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.