Maximilien Luce (1858-1941)


Bessy-sur-Cure, les lavandieres au bord de l'eau signed and dated 'Luce 1906' (lower left)oil on canvas25 5/8 x 32 in (65.1 x 81.3 cm)Painted in 1906
|ProvenancePrivate collection (sold: Sotheby's, London, December 1, 1971, lot 39).Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale).Sale: Koller Auktionen AG, June 29, 2018, lot 3233.Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.ExhibitedParis, Galerie Bernheim, M. Luce, 1907, no. 7 (titled Arcy à travers les Arbres).(possibly) Paris, Galerie Bernheim, M. Luce, 1910, November 14-1 19, no. 26.(possibly) Zurich, Kunstahus de Zurich, no. 64.(possibly) Paris, Galerie Dru, M. Luce, January 11-31, 1930, no. 17.LiteratureJ. Sutter, Luce, Les Traveaux et les Jours, Lausanne, 1971 (illustrated in color p. 33).P. Cazeau, Maximilien Luce, Paris, 1982 (illustrated in color p. 145).D. Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1986, no. 1362 (illustrated p. 337).