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    • Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
    Lot 362

    Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)

    Le Lapin Agile

    Price realised

    GBP 163,250

    Estimate

    GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000

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    Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
    Le Lapin Agile
    signed 'Maurice.Utrillo.V' (lower right); inscribed 'Cabaret du Lapin agile Paris Montmartre' (on the reverse)
    oil on board
    20 5/8 x 29¾ in. (52.3 x 75.5 cm.)
    Painted circa 1915

    Provenance

    Jonas Netter, Paris, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 693 (illustrated p. 89).


    Exhibited

    Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Utrillo - Valadon, 1979, no. 29.
    Chiba, Musée Kawamura, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, April - May 1997, no. 49 (illustrated p. 112); this exhibition later travelled to Osaka, Yamagata, Niigata, Miyazaki, Kitakyushu and Tokyo.


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    Special Notice

    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.


    Saleroom Notice

    Jean Fabris has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.


    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

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