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Lot 3253* - A211 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday, 29. November 2024, 05.00 PM

MAURICE UTRILLO

(Paris 1883–1955 Dax)
Château de Versailles. Circa 1952.
Oil on panel.
Signed lower right: Maurice, Utrillo, V.
33.5 × 41 cm.

Certificate:
Jean Fabris et Gilbert Pétridès, Pierrefitte, 24.1.1992.

Provenance:
- Sale Les Floralies, Versailles, 1992.
- Sale Hôtel des Ventes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1922.
- Sale Hôtel des Ventes de Bourg en Bresse, Bourg-en-Bresse, 20.6.1993, Lot 52.
- Private collection, Monaco, acquired at the above auction.

Literature:
Jean Fabris: Utrillo. Sa vie, son œuvre, Paris 1982, p. 97 (with ill.).

Maurice Utrillo painted this work in 1952 especially for the rescue of the Château de Versailles. A postcard based on this painting was printed and sold in aid of the restoration of the castle, together with a stamp issued by the PTT, which in turn depicts this very motif.


CHF 30 000 / 40 000 | (€ 30 930 / 41 240)