MAXIMILIEN LUCE (FRENCH, 1858-1941)
Gare de L'Est, L'Attente
signed and dated 'Luce 1915-16' (lower left)
oil on board
52 x 67cm
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 12th June 2005, lot 77, where acquired by the present owner;
The Seymour Stein Collection
Literature
Jean Bouin-Luce & Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l’œuvre peint, Paris, 1986, vol. II, p. 426, no. 1753, illustrated
| Estimate: |
£2,000 - £4,000
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Hammer price:
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£1,800 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Condition Report
The board is very slightly bowed inwards in the left half of the painting. Light surface dirt and spots of staining to paint surface. Ultraviolet reveals small areas of retouching around the soldier's head, upper right, to the window, upper centre and to the soldier's head to the centre of the work.
