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Lot no. 3242
MAURICE UTRILLO (Paris 1883–1955 Dax) La Porte Saint-Martin à Paris. 1920s. Oil on board on canvas. Signed lower right: Maurice, Utrillo, V. 62.5 × 76.5 cm. The authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the Association Maurice Utrillo, Paris, 11 March 2020. Provenance: - presumably Galerie Vizzavona, Paris. - Galerie Dr. Hans-Peter Bühler, Munich. - Swiss private collection, acquired in 1987 from the above gallery. Literature: Paul Pétridès: L'œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris 1966, vol. III, p. 22, no. 1293 (with ill.). The present work shows the Porte Saint-Martin, a triumphal arch erected in 1674 by the city of Paris in honour of Louis XIV. Already in 1910 Utrillo painted a first version of the Porte, which is now in the Tate Modern in London. It can be assumed that he did not paint it directly on-site, but as he often did, used a postcard as a model (see ill. 1). The perspective with the point of view through the arch toward the city is identical to that of the postcard. Likewise, the lateral margins of the painting end at exactly the same place. Utrillo must have rediscovered the postcard and used it again for the present version from 1930. The artist adopted the composition from the postcard but avoided reproducing certain details like ornaments and signs. In contrast to the earlier work from 1910, the present painting appears unfettered and vibrant with its light colours and blue, green and red accents, as well as its impasto application of paint, quite thick in places. Utrillo painted two further versions of the Porte Saint-Martin, both side views from 1909/10. One of them is now in the Bührle collection in Zurich. MAURICE UTRILLO (Paris 1883–1955 Dax) La Porte Saint-Martin à Paris. 1920er-Jahre. Öl auf Karton auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert: Maurice, Utrillo, V. 62,5 × 76,5 cm. Die Authentizität des Werks wurde von der Association Maurice Utrillo bestätigt, Paris, 11. März 2020. Provenienz: - wohl Galerie Vizzavona, Paris. - Galerie Dr. Hans-Peter Bühler, München. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, 1987 in obiger Galerie erworben. Literatur: Paul Pétridès: L'œuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris 1966, Bd. III, S. 22, Nr. 1293 (mit Abb.). Das vorliegende Gemälde zeigt die Porte Saint-Martin, einen Triumphbogen, der 1674 von der Stadt Paris zu Ehren Ludwigs XIV errichtet worden ist. Bereits 1910 malt Utrillo die erste Version der Porte Saint-Martin, die sich heute in der Tate Modern in London befindet. Es ist anzunehmen, dass Utrillo das Sujet nicht direkt vor Ort gemalt, sondern wie so oft als Vorlage eine Postkarte verwendet hat (siehe Abb. 1). Der Blickwinkel mit der Sicht durch den Bogen in die Stadt hinein ist derselbe wie auf der Ansichtskarte. Ebenso enden die seitlichen Bildränder an der exakt gleichen Stelle. Utrillo muss für unsere Version aus dem Jahr 1930 die Postkarte wiedergefunden und erneut verwendet haben. Der Künstler nimmt zwar die Komposition der Postkarte auf, verzichtet aber auf die Wiedergabe genauer Details wie Verzierungen und Schriften. Anders als das frühe Werk von 1910 wirkt unser Gemälde mit den hellen Farben und den blauen, grünen und roten Akzenten und dem dicken, teils sehr pastosen Farbauftrag frei und lebendig. Vom Sujet der Porte Saint-Martin gibt es noch zwei weitere Versionen einer seitlichen Ansicht aus dem Jahr 1909/10. Ein Exemplar davon befindet sich heute in der Sammlung Bührle in Zürich.
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Art Impressionniste & Moderne
8031 Zürich - Switzerland
12/04/2020
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