77 - Marcel GROMAIRE (Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892 - Paris 1971)

Marcel GROMAIRE (Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892 - Paris 1971) Little white houses, 1948 Oil on panel 33 x 41 cm Signed and dated lower right Gromaire 1948 Provenance : Galerie Louis Carré, New York Rose Yolanda Guarino Lewitter Collection Impressionist and modern art sale, Sotheby's New York, February 15, 2007 lot 145 Doyle sale New York,12/09/ 2023 Swann Galleries sale 18/12/2025 Private collection This work was presented in 1949 in New York at the Gromaire Exhibition of paintings. Louis Carré Gallery, New York, December 5-31, 1949. It is number 10 of 11 works presented. It was then acquired by the collector Rose Yolanda Guarino Lewitter and remained in her possession and by descent until the Sotheby's Impressionist and modern art New York sale on February 15, 2007 (lot 145 illustrated, bid $7000-10000, sold for $7800). Bibliography : Zahar, Marcel, "Gromaire," Geneva 1961, number 85, illustrated. Gromaire, François, "Marcel Gromaire, la Vie et l'Oeuvre, Catalogue Raisonné des Peintures," Paris, 1993, no. 584, p.214, illustrated. Finally, the work appears in the artist's notebook under reference GHB (photo verso) corresponding to painting 561.