Maurice Utrillo
Château de Mousseaux-sur-Oise
signed and dated ‘Maurice, Utrillo, V, 1927,’ (lower right);
signed, dated and inscribed ‘Château de Mousseaux, (Seine-et-Oise), Maurice, Utrillo, V, Mai 1927,’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 39 ¼ in. (73 x 99.7 cm.)
Painted in May 1927
Provenance
Gilbert Gruet, Paris, and thence by descent.
Johan Stenersen, Oslo; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 6 May 1959, lot 66.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 1 December 1971, lot 60.
Gabriel Sabet, Paris & Geneva, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent.
Galleria Marescalchi, Bologna.
Private collection, Bologna, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
P. Pétridès, L’œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 1176, p. 480 (illustrated p. 481).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Odette Pétridès, Utrillo, Peintures et gouaches, June 1936.
The Comité Utrillo has confirmed the authenticity of this work.