648 - Maximilien Luce (1858 – Paris – 1941)

Maximilien Luce (1858 – Paris – 1941) Barges on the River Oil on thin cardboard, mounted on canvas. Circa 1920. Approx. 41.5 x 54 cm. Signed lower left. Bouin-Luce/Bazetoux II.2433. With bold brushstrokes, Maximilien Luce depicts barges on the Seine against the backdrop of the distinctive range of hills near Méricourt. Luce is one of the best-known painters of French Post-Impressionism. Together with Lucien Pissarro, the son of the painter Camille Pissarro, he founded the artists’ group Groupe de Lagny in 1885, which soon also included Henri Lebasque. Exhibition: M. L. de Boer Art Gallery, Amsterdam; on the reverse of the stretcher, there is a label and the handwritten number “9930.” Provenance: Christie’s, London, May 2, 1969, Lot 44; M. L. de Boer Art Dealers, Amsterdam; Christie’s, London, December 3, 1985, Lot 110; Sotheby’s, New York, November 12, 1987, Lot 347; Private collection, Japan; Sotheby’s, New York, December 16, 2016, Lot 96; Collection, Southern Germany. Taxation: subject to regular taxation (VAT: Regular Taxation).