Maurice de Vlaminck, Vase de fleurs

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara & Ira Lipman
Maurice de Vlaminck
1876 - 1958
Vase de fleurs

Signed Vlaminck (lower left)
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 by 15 in. (54.6 by 38 cm)
Framed: 29 by 22 1/2 in. (73.6 by 57 cm)

This work will be included in the Archives Vlaminck founded by Madame Godelieve de Vlaminck, in collaboration with Madame Pascale Krausz.

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined. The surface is richly textured and there is a thick impasto in the flowers. The canvas is slightly undulating. There is a small area of craquelure in the impasto at upper left of the bouquet. Under UV light, there is a small area of possible inpainting in the center of the yellow flower. There is a quarter sized area of abrasion in the upper left corner which fluoresces. There are a couple dots of accretion which fluoresce in the lower right quadrant. An uneven varnish fluoresces in some areas.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe (and sold: Christie's, New York, November 7, 2002, lot 280)
Acquired at the above sale