MAXIMILIEN LUCE (FRENCH 1858-1941) Paysage au bord de la riviere, 1896 oil on canvas 49 x 66 cm (19 1/4 x 26 in) signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE Sotheby`s, London, July 2, 1969, lot 51 Collection of Naeib Liehin Sotheby`s, New York, May 21, 1982, lot 311 Private Collection, Paris Galerie Maxwell, San Francisco Galerie Etienne Sassi, Paris Private Collection, Switzerland Sotheby`s, New York, May 8, 2008, lot 195 Acquired from the above by the present owner LITERATURE Philippe Cazeau, Maximilien Luce, Lausanne, 1982, illustrated p. 90 Jean Bouin-Luce and Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue Raisonne de L`Oeuvre Peint, vol. 1, Paris, 1986, no. 1043, illustrated p. 94 LOT NOTES Paysage au bord de la riviere is an important work in Luce`s ouevre, dating from 1896, shortly after visting Camille Pissarro in Eragny-sur-Epte near Normandy, where he stayed during the month of September, 1895. It shows Luce at the height of his mastery of luminous impressionistic landscapes, no doubt as deeply affected by the beauty of the countryside as Pissarro, who made Eragny his home until his death in 1903. PLEASE NOTE If you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.