Maximilien Luce (French, 1858–1941), Frise aux enfants nus

Maximilien Luce (French, 1858–1941)
Frise aux enfants nus
signed and dated 'Luce-09' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid to board
5 ½ x 24 ½ in. (14 x 62.2 cm.)

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Please note this Lot will now be offered without a reserve.
Please note the amended provenance, additional exhibition, and literature histories for this lot:
Provenance
with Bernheim-Jeune, Paris.
Ottmar Strauss, Cologne.
Sale under duress by the above, Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt, 21-24 May 1935, lot 147.
Das Kunsthaus [Herbert Tannenbaum], Mannheim, acquired from the above.
Galerie Dr. Raeber, Basel, after 1940.
Kunstgesellschaft, Zurich.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 10 December 1968, lot 165.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 25 October 1995, lot 32.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owner and the heirs of Ottmar Strauss. This settlement agreement resolves the dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the successful bidder.
Exhibition
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, M. Luce, 15-28 May 1910, no. 51.
Literature
D. Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l’œuvre peint, Paris, 1986, vol. 2, no. 1527 (illustrated).

Pre-Lot Text
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