Maurice UTRILLO (Paris, 1883 - Dax, 1955)

* La Place du Tertre à Montmartre, circa 1920-1922. Oil on canvas, signed lower right "Maurice Utrillo. V ". 46 x 61 cm. Provenance : - Kurt Sponagel-Hirzel (1867-1961), Zurich, 1955. - Private collection, Switzerland. - Sotheby's sale, London, March 25, 1992, lot no. 62 , acquired at this sale by the current owner. Bibliography : - P. Courthion, Montmartre, Lausanne, 1956, p. 118 and 142, repr. p. 118 and dated 1920. - P. Pétridès, L'OEuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 901, p. 320, repr. p. 321 (with incorrect dimensions). - Catalog raisonné of the complete works of Maurice Utrillo by Jean Fabris and Cédric Paillier (repr.). Exhibitions: - Basel, Kuntshalle, Maurice Utrillo. Graphische Blätter von Corot und Daumier, June-July 1942, no. 205. - Vevey, Musée Jenisch, Maurice Utrillo, Valadon, Modigliani, Utter, July-September 1955, no. 50 p. 24 (with incorrect dimensions). - Munich, Haus der Kunst, Maurice Utrillo V., Suzanne Valadon, June-September 1960, no. 77 p. 12, repr. pl. 39. - Bern, Kunstmuseum, Utrillo, January-March 1963, no. 69. - Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Maurice Utrillo traveling exhibition, April-June 2010, no. 23, p. 55, repr. - Nigata, The Nigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, July-August 2010. - Kyoto, Museum Eki Kyoto, September-October 2010. - Aichi, Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History, October-December 2010. A certificate issued by Mr. Jean Fabris, holder of the moral rights of Maurice Utrillo and Suzanne Valadon, under number 0903. will be given to the winning bidder.