14 - Maximilien Luce

Maximilien Luce (French, 1858-1941) Moulineux, La Baignade oil on oval shaped canvas signed Luce (lower left) 20 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. (52.7 x 64.1 cm) Property from a Private Chicago Collection. This lot is located in Philadelphia. Framed: 29 x 32 3/4 in. Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is unlined; a few small abrasions along the left edge; minor craquelures in the thighs of the two central boys, mostly visible only under raking light; minor frame abrasions along extreme edges. Under UV light: strokes of paint fluoresce through the right-most boy's back and legs, although this may be inherent to the pigments used and not inpainting. Additional images available upon request. Provenance: Galerie Heim, Paris, sale of June 6, 1929, Lot 92 (as Enfants s'Ébattant dans un Parc). Sotheby's New York, sale of March 29, 1984, Lot 531. Acquired directly from the above sale. Private Collection. Literature: Jean Bouin-Luce and Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, Tome III, Paris, 1986, p. 321, no. 1293, illustrated.