Maurice Denis (1870-1943) - Femmes Sur Le Balcon, Esquisse I, (Women On The Balcony, Sketch I), Ca. 1913

Femmes Sur Le Balcon, Esquisse I, (Women On The Balcony, Sketch I), Ca. 1913

oil on board
38 cms x 26.5 cms (15 ins x 10.4 ins)
Signed with the workshop monogram (monogramme de l’atelier) "MAVD" lower right, titled and dated "ca. 1913" to the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity from Mme. Claire Denis, dated at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, October 10, 2020, Catalogue raisonné N° 912.0002
made in 1913
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "International Art" held on Thu, Nov 25, 2021.
Lot 61
Estimate: CAD $50,000 - $80,000
Sale price withheld by the Auction house

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Coll. Jean-François Denis, son of the artist by descent;

Me Loudmer, Paris Drouot, June 16 1990, lot 65;

Christie's, London, UK, June 26, 1996, lot 323;

From whom purchased by the Present Private Collection, Western Canada

Literature:
Claire Denis, granddaughter of Maurice Denis, co-author of the "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Maurice Denis," has viewed this work in person and provided a letter of Authenticity to the present Private Collection, Cat. N° 912.0002 in the Catalogue raisonné currently in preparation by Madame Claire Denis
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Femmes Sur Le Balcon, Esquisse I, (Women On The Balcony, Sketch I), Ca. 1913 by artist Maurice Denis