Femme de dos

Details

Maximilien Luce (1858-1941)
Femme de dos
signed 'Luce' (lower left)
oil on board
13¾ x 18¼ in. (35 x 46.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1900

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 8 December 1972.

Literature

J. Bouin-Luce & D. Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1986, no. 645 (illustrated p. 162).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The pose of the figure in the present work relates closely to that of the foremost character in Luce's 1893 oil Baigneuses à Saint Tropez (see J. Bouin-Luce & D. Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. I, Paris, 1986, p. 75).

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