MAURICE UTRILLO (1883-1955) Villa dans un parc

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, JAPAN
MAURICE UTRILLO (1883-1955)
Villa dans un parc
signed 'Maurice. Utrillo. V.' (lower right)
oil on board laid down on cradled panel
38.3 x 46.2cm (15 1/16 x 18 3/16in).
Painted circa 1920
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon. This work will be included in the forthcoming volume of the Maurice Utrillo catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared.

Provenance
B. Nerny Collection, Zurich (acquired by 1962).
Private collection, Europe.
America-Israel Cultural Foundation (a gift from the above); their charitable sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 16 May 1962, lot 65.
The United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York; their charitable sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 12 June 1967, lot 63.
Private collection, Japan.
Private collection, Japan (acquired from the above).

Literature
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 1249 (illustrated p. 527).