May 10, 2017 11:00 EST
Impressionist & Modern Art
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Maximilien Luce
Maximilien Luce
French, 1858-1941
Le Pont de Solferino, 1884
Signed Luce (ll); inscribed with the number 4363 and Pont de Solferino on the stretcher; also inscribed indistinctly 2870/Wal... on an old paper label affixed to the stretcher
Oil on canvas
15 x 24 1/8 inches (38.1 x 61.3 cm)
Provenance:
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, no. 4363
Private Collection, Liverpool (acquired from the above)
Lord Constantine (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 8, 2006, lot 240)
Private collection
Literature:
Jean Bouin-Luce & Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1986, no. 277, illus. p. 76 (with incorrect dimensions)
Sold for $16,250
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Maximilien Luce
French, 1858-1941
Le Pont de Solferino, 1884
Signed Luce (ll); inscribed with the number 4363 and Pont de Solferino on the stretcher; also inscribed indistinctly 2870/Wal... on an old paper label affixed to the stretcher
Oil on canvas
15 x 24 1/8 inches (38.1 x 61.3 cm)
Provenance:
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, no. 4363
Private Collection, Liverpool (acquired from the above)
Lord Constantine (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 8, 2006, lot 240)
Private collection
Literature:
Jean Bouin-Luce & Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1986, no. 277, illus. p. 76 (with incorrect dimensions)
Glue lined. Light scattered craquelure. Minor frame rubbing. Impasto lightly crushed in the sky; fine elsewhere. Scattered inpainting along the edges and in corners, as well as tiny specks of inpainting scattered in the sky and at tops of buildings.
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Auction: Impressionist & Modern Art, May 10, 2017
