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Lot 445 Dα

Maximilien Luce - Portrait de Seurat Peignant

Auction 1059 - overview Cologne
27.11.2015, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 10.000 €
Result: 12.400 € (incl. premium)

Maximilien Luce

Portrait de Seurat Peignant
Circa 1890/1891

Charcoal drawing on smooth brownish tinted paper 29.7 x 23.6/24 cm Framed under glass. Signed 'Luce' in black India ink lower right - A slight horizontal fold and tiny white and brownish stains.

The portrait depicts the painter Luce in front of the portrait of his friend Seurat. Both belonged to the group of the neo-impressionists in Paris. Seurat died of diphtheria in 1891 at the age of only 32.

Catalogue Raisonné

Bazetoux 762

Certificate

We would like to thank Denise Bazetoux, Maisons-Laffitte, for the friendly information.

Provenance

Private possession, North Germany