Sotheby's: Impressionist and Modern Art Part Two: Lot 222
MAXIMILIEN LUCE
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1858-1941
MONTMARTRE, LA RUE DES SAULES
measurements
20 by 31 1/4 in.
alternate measurements
51 by 79.4 cm
Signed and dated Luce 94 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Denise Bazetoux has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
PROVENANCE
Private Collection (acquired from the artist by the family of the current owner)
Private Collection
NOTE
In 1887 Camille Pissarro introduced Luce to the Neo-Impressionist painters Georges Seurat, Paul Signac and Henri Edmond Cross which had a tremendous impact on his work in the early 1890s. As well as finding companionship with Pissarro, it is likely that Pissarro encouraged him to move from pure and theoretical Neo-Impressionism to a more practical application of divisionist technique in his painting. Montmartre, la rue des Saules depicts Luce's home where he lived from 1888 until 1898. There are four known works executed by Luce of this subject matter, the present work being the only known oil.
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