MAURICE UTRILLO (1883-1955)
Moulin de la Galette, Montmartre
signed 'Maurice. Utrillo. V.' (lower right); inscribed 'Moulin de la Galette Paris Montmartre 18' (on the reverse)
oil on board
51.5 x 75.7cm (20 1/4 x 29 13/16in).
Painted circa 1917
Footnotes:
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
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, no. 8955 (acquired on 5 March 1930).
Redfern Gallery, London (acquired from the above on 21 March 1945).
R.A. Peto Collection, Isle of Wight (acquired in December 1945, until at least 1960).
Lady Kate Hunloke Collection; her sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Johannesburg, 4 March 1975, lot 38.
Norman Bank Collection, South Africa (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, South Africa (a gift from the above).

Exhibited
London, Arts Council, French Paintings from Mr Peto's Collection, 1947, no. 23.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, French Impressionists and English Paintings and Sculpture from the Peto Collection, 1960, no. 80.

Literature
C. Douglas, Artist Quarter, reminiscences of Montmartre and Montparnasse in the first two decades of the twentieth century, London, 1941 (illustrated p. 20).
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 575 (illustrated p. 123).
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Examination under Ultra-Violet light reveals one possible spot of retouching to the right of the windmill.



The board undulates slightly. There is frame rubbing to all four outer edges and wear to the corners, in particular the lower left corner. A scratch to the lower centre foreground with an associated paint loss. One tiny loss to the upper centre margin with a few more possible discreet spots elsewhere. A couple of scuffs to the surface, mainly to the lower centre. There is a layer of surface dirt present and the board appears to have yellowed.