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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
MAXIMILIEN LUCE (1858-1941)
Portrait de Cross (Deux études de tête)
Details
MAXIMILIEN LUCE (1858-1941)
Portrait de Cross (Deux études de tête)
signed 'Luce'; inscribed 'Cross' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
9 3⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (24 x 31 cm.)
Portrait de Cross (Deux études de tête)
signed 'Luce'; inscribed 'Cross' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
9 3⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (24 x 31 cm.)
Provenance
Jean Bouin-Luce, Paris, by descent from the artist's family.
Anonymous sale, Tajan, Paris, 15 November 2004, lot 213.
Galerie Jean Luc Baroni, London.
Acquired from the above, on 22 November 2005, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Tajan, Paris, 15 November 2004, lot 213.
Galerie Jean Luc Baroni, London.
Acquired from the above, on 22 November 2005, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
D. Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1986, no. 711, p. 179 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Laura D. Corey, 'Neo-Impressionism and Symbolism: A Reference Guide to Issues and Figures', in Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities, exh. cat., The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2014, p. 168 (illustrated fig. 122; titled 'Portrait of Henri Edmond-Cross', dated '1898' and with incorrect medium).
Laura D. Corey, 'Neo-Impressionism and Symbolism: A Reference Guide to Issues and Figures', in Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities, exh. cat., The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2014, p. 168 (illustrated fig. 122; titled 'Portrait of Henri Edmond-Cross', dated '1898' and with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Pontoise, Musée Pissarro, Maximilien Luce, May - September 1987, no. 16, n.p..
New York, Adam Williams Fine Art, An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, May - June 2005, no. 50 (titled 'Portrait of Henri-Edmond Cross'; with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to London, Jean-Luc Baroni, July 2005.
Giverny, Musée des impressionnismes, Maximilien Luce, néo-impressionniste - Rétrospective, July - October 2010, no. 63, pp. 12 & 107 (illustrated p. 107; titled 'Portrait d'Henri-Edmond Cross de 3⁄4 face et de profil', dated 'circa 1897' and with incorrect medium).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, De Renoir à Sam Szafran: parcours d'un collectionneur, December 2010 - June 2011, no. 86, pp. 189-190 (illustrated p. 189; with incorrect medium, titled 'Deux études pour un portrait d'Henri-Edmond Cross' and dated '1898').
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Signac, Une vie au fil de l’eau, January - May 2016, no. 10, pp. 45 & 186 (illustrated p. 45; titled 'Deux études pour un portrait de Henri-Edmond Cross', dated '1898' and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, September 2016 - January 2017.
Montreal, Musée des beaux-arts, Paris au Temps du Postimpressionnisme: Signac et les Indépendants, March - September 2020, no. 531, pp. 340 & 373 (illustrated p. 340; titled 'Portrait d'Henri Edmond Cross, vue de profil', dated '1905', with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Signac, Les Harmonies Colorées, May - July 2021, no. 7, p. 71 (illustrated pp. 71 & 168; titled 'Portrait d'Henri-Edmond Cross (deux études pour un portrait, dated '1898' and with incorrect medium).
New York, Adam Williams Fine Art, An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, May - June 2005, no. 50 (titled 'Portrait of Henri-Edmond Cross'; with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to London, Jean-Luc Baroni, July 2005.
Giverny, Musée des impressionnismes, Maximilien Luce, néo-impressionniste - Rétrospective, July - October 2010, no. 63, pp. 12 & 107 (illustrated p. 107; titled 'Portrait d'Henri-Edmond Cross de 3⁄4 face et de profil', dated 'circa 1897' and with incorrect medium).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, De Renoir à Sam Szafran: parcours d'un collectionneur, December 2010 - June 2011, no. 86, pp. 189-190 (illustrated p. 189; with incorrect medium, titled 'Deux études pour un portrait d'Henri-Edmond Cross' and dated '1898').
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Signac, Une vie au fil de l’eau, January - May 2016, no. 10, pp. 45 & 186 (illustrated p. 45; titled 'Deux études pour un portrait de Henri-Edmond Cross', dated '1898' and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, September 2016 - January 2017.
Montreal, Musée des beaux-arts, Paris au Temps du Postimpressionnisme: Signac et les Indépendants, March - September 2020, no. 531, pp. 340 & 373 (illustrated p. 340; titled 'Portrait d'Henri Edmond Cross, vue de profil', dated '1905', with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Signac, Les Harmonies Colorées, May - July 2021, no. 7, p. 71 (illustrated pp. 71 & 168; titled 'Portrait d'Henri-Edmond Cross (deux études pour un portrait, dated '1898' and with incorrect medium).
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