Maximilien LUCE (1858-1941) [FRANCE] Freneuse, the plain, circa 1919 Oil on cardboard. Signed lower left. Inscribed on the back "Rodrigues" and 1919 on the stretcher. 33.5 x 49 cm Bibliography Denise Bazetoux, "Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint de Maximilien Luce", Editions Avril Graphique, 2005, tome II, illustrated p. 530 n°2276. Provenance : Jacques Rodrigues-Henriques Collection. Exhibitions : - Paris, Galerie Druet, April 11 to 30, 1921, no. 17. - Paris, Maison de la Pensée Française, January 1958, reproduced in catalog p. 9, no. 58, - Saint-Denis, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Luce, Peintre du travail et son milieu, les Néo-impressionnistes, Centenaire de M. Luce", May 31-July 8, 1958, illustrated under no. 11.

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