$197,000
1896 oil on canvas 49 x 66 cm (19 1/4 x 26 in) signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE Sotheby`s, London, July 2, 1969, lot 51 Collection of Naeib Liehin Sotheby`s, New York, May 21, 1982, lot 311 Private Collection, Paris Galerie Maxwell, San Francisco Galerie Etienne Sassi, Paris Private Collection, Switzerland Sotheby`s, New York, May 8, 2008, lot 195 Acquired from the above by the present owner LITERATURE Philippe Cazeau, Maximilien Luce Lausanne, 1982, illustrated p. 90 Jean Bouin-Luce and Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue Raisonne de L`Oeuvre Peint, vol. 1, Paris, 1986, no. 1043, illustrated p. 94 is an important work in Luce`s dating from 1896, shortly after visting Camille Pissarro in Éragny-sur-Epte near Normandy, where he stayed during the month of September, 1895. It shows Luce at the height of his mastery of luminous impressionistic landscapes, no doubt as deeply affected by the beauty of the countryside as Pissarro, who made Éragny his home until his death in 1903.
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2015-09-26
