Oil on cardboard. Signed in lower right. Titled "Moulin de la galette Rue Montmartre 18" and inscribed "M" in blue pen on the reverse. 45 x 60.5 cm. - Utrillo is one of the most famous illustrators of the Montmatre in Paris. - The Moulin de la Galette - the traditional and important entertainment venue on the Montmatre - His clearly structured compositions represent a pioneering stance towards the concept of Impressionism. - Paintings by Maurice Utrillo can be found in, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima (Japan) and the Musee d'Orsay, Paris. Accompanied by photograph certificate issued by Hélène Bruneau, holder of the copyright of Maurice Utrillo and Suzanne Valadon, President of the Comité Utrillo-Valadon, dated April 19, 2024. The work will be included into the forthcoming edition of the catalogue raisonné. We are grateful to Dr. Imke Gielen, Berlin, for her kind expert advice. LITERATURE: Correspondence between Otto Wachenheim and the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, 1950, Nationaal Archief The Hague, SNK no. 174. Collection inventory (file card) of the Landmann Collection, privately owned.
Für die Kunst! Herbert Tannenbaum und sein Kunsthaus. Ein Galerist - seine Künstler, seine Kunden, sein Konzept. Mannheim, Reiß-Museum 1994, cat. no. 297 and color illu on p. 83
Das Kunsthaus Herbert Tannenbaum, Mannheim. Otto Wachenheim Collection, Amsterdam/New York (acquired from the above in the 1920s, seized by the occupying forces from his private house in Amsterdam around 1944, returned in 1946 after Herbert Tannenbaum had located it, until 1969) Helene Wachenheim Collection, New York (1969-1975). Martin Landmann Collection (1923-2021), Vancouver, Canada (inherited from the above in 1975)
"Le Moulin de la Galette" has been one of the most popular bars in Montmatre since the middle of the 19th century. Parisians came to drink and dance. This tavern was also very popular with artists and is firmly anchored in our memories, not least through “Bal du moulin de la Galette” (Musée d'Orsay) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, or “Le Moulin de la Galette”, 1900 (Guggenheim Museum, New York) by Pablo Picasso. Maurice Utrillo chose the calm morning for his painting and captured the place's poetic atmosphere in bright colors. As is typical of his painting, Utrillo did not focus on the hustle and bustle of the streets, instead he has the architecture tell the story: here the entrance gate to the Moulin de la Galette on the corner of Rue Girardon and Rue Lepic, which became the main entrance after the windmill was moved to this part of the property in 1915. [EH]
In good condition. Overall slightly soiled, two tiny color flakings in the upper left of the sky. No retouching visible under UV light. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.
Lot Details
Oil on cardboard. Signed in lower right. Titled "Moulin de la galette Rue Montmartre 18" and inscribed "M" in blue pen on the reverse. 45 x 60.5 cm. - Utrillo is one of the most famous illustrators of the Montmatre in Paris. - The Moulin de la Galette - the traditional and important entertainment venue on the Montmatre - His clearly structured compositions represent a pioneering stance towards the concept of Impressionism. - Paintings by Maurice Utrillo can be found in, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima (Japan) and the Musee d'Orsay, Paris. Accompanied by photograph certificate issued by Hélène Bruneau, holder of the copyright of Maurice Utrillo and Suzanne Valadon, President of the Comité Utrillo-Valadon, dated April 19, 2024. The work will be included into the forthcoming edition of the catalogue raisonné. We are grateful to Dr. Imke Gielen, Berlin, for her kind expert advice. LITERATURE: Correspondence between Otto Wachenheim and the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, 1950, Nationaal Archief The Hague, SNK no. 174. Collection inventory (file card) of the Landmann Collection, privately owned.
Für die Kunst! Herbert Tannenbaum und sein Kunsthaus. Ein Galerist - seine Künstler, seine Kunden, sein Konzept. Mannheim, Reiß-Museum 1994, cat. no. 297 and color illu on p. 83
Das Kunsthaus Herbert Tannenbaum, Mannheim. Otto Wachenheim Collection, Amsterdam/New York (acquired from the above in the 1920s, seized by the occupying forces from his private house in Amsterdam around 1944, returned in 1946 after Herbert Tannenbaum had located it, until 1969) Helene Wachenheim Collection, New York (1969-1975). Martin Landmann Collection (1923-2021), Vancouver, Canada (inherited from the above in 1975)
"Le Moulin de la Galette" has been one of the most popular bars in Montmatre since the middle of the 19th century. Parisians came to drink and dance. This tavern was also very popular with artists and is firmly anchored in our memories, not least through “Bal du moulin de la Galette” (Musée d'Orsay) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, or “Le Moulin de la Galette”, 1900 (Guggenheim Museum, New York) by Pablo Picasso. Maurice Utrillo chose the calm morning for his painting and captured the place's poetic atmosphere in bright colors. As is typical of his painting, Utrillo did not focus on the hustle and bustle of the streets, instead he has the architecture tell the story: here the entrance gate to the Moulin de la Galette on the corner of Rue Girardon and Rue Lepic, which became the main entrance after the windmill was moved to this part of the property in 1915. [EH]
In good condition. Overall slightly soiled, two tiny color flakings in the upper left of the sky. No retouching visible under UV light. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.
