Maurice Utrillo
Le moulin de Sannois sous la neige
Signed Maurice, Utrillo, V. (lower right); inscribed Sannois (Seine et Oise) (toward lower left)
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 by 21 1/2 in. (46 by 54.6 cm)
Framed: 24 1/4 by 27 3/4 in. (61.6 by 70.5 cm)
Painted circa 1945.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.
Provenance
Madsen Gallery, Paris
Mrs. Jack Rothenberg, Palm Beach (and sold: Sotheby’s, New York, May 16 & 17, 1979, lot 274)
Private Collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection, New York (and sold: Sotheby’s, New York, November 14, 1985, lot 300A)
Acquired at the above sale
Maurice Utrillo
Rue à Sannois
45×57 cm
Provenance : Privatbesitz, Schweiz.
Echtheitsbestätigungen: Gilbert Petrides, Paris, 2. November 1988, Nr. 19’983; Manuela Wallerich, Association Maurice Utrillo, Sannois, 7. Juli 1997.
Maurice Utrillo
Maison à Montmartre
50,5×35,5 cm
un certificat ne sera délivré qu’après présentation au comité Utrillo-Valadon à Paris
Provenance : Private property, Switzerland.
The painting on offer was created before 1914 in the Rue
Cortot in Montmartre. It is dated to Utrillo’s “période blanche”, which is characterized by the white impasto and represents the culmination of his oeuvre. The artist applied the paint with a knife and sometimes mixed it with plaster, lime or light-colored sand to enhance the sculptural effect. The dominant color tones oscillate between light pink and milky white. Influences of expressionist paintings are clearly recognizable in the works of this creative period.