(Paris 1883–1955 Dax)
Le vieux Montmartre, 1953–55, signed, oil on board laid on panel, 33.7 x 46.7 cm, framed

Provenance:
Christie’s New York, 26 September 2002, lot 592 (certificate of provenance available)
European Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Exhibited:
Japan, Cinquantième Anniversaire de la mort de Maurice Utrillo, travelling exhibition, Takashimaya Museum, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, from 21 September 2005 to 3 April 2006, exh. cat. p. 110, no. 83 with ill.
Japan, Maurice Utrillo, le Montmartre du rêve et de la poésie, travelling exhibition, Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art, Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, from 28 April 2007 to 2 December 2007, exh. cat. p. 99, no. 80 with ill.
Japan, Maurice Utrillo, 130th birthday, travelling exhibition, Takashimaya Art Gallery Kyoto, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Hakodate Museum, Hokkaido, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kanakawa, 24 April - 30 September 2013
Japan, Exposition Maurice Utrillo. Hommage à Jean Fabris, travelling exhibition , Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, Himeji City Museum of Art, Himeji, from 2 January to 2 July 2017, exh. cat.p. 97, no. 72 with ill.

Literature:
P. Pétridès, L’oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Paris 1969, vol. III, p. 354, no. 2422 with ill.

The work is accompanied by an exchange of correspondence between the owner of the work and the Association Utrillo (Jean Fabris and Cédric Paillier) regarding the loan of the painting for the above mentioned exhibitions.