(1858 Paris 1941) Rotterdam, le port. 1908. Oil on paper on board. Inscribed, signed and dated lower right: Rotterdam / Luce 1908. Lower left with the slightly faded studio stamp. 34 × 50 cm. Provenance: - Private collection France, family of the artist. - Auction Artcurial-Briest, Paris, 17.12.2001, lot 11. - Swiss private collection, acquired at the above auction and by descent to the present owners. Exhibited: Pontoise 1987, Maximilien Luce, Musée Tavet/Musée Pissarro, 16.5.–29.9.1987, no. 29 (label on the reverse). Literature: Denise Bazetoux: Maximilien Luce. Catalogue de l?uvre peint, Paris 1986, vol. II, p. 365, no. 1484 (with ill.). MAXIMILIEN JULES LUCE (1858 Paris 1941) Rotterdam, le port. 1908. ?l auf Papier auf Karton. Unten rechts bezeichnet, signiert und datiert: Rotterdam / Luce 1908. Unten links mit dem leicht verblassten Atelierstempel. 34 × 50 cm. Provenienz: - Privatsammlung Frankreich, Familie des Künstlers. - Auktion Artcurial-Briest, Paris, 17.12.2001, Los 11. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, an obiger Auktion erworben und durch Erbschaft an**heutigen Besitzer. Ausstellung: Pontoise 1987, Maximilien Luce, Musée Tavet/Musée Pissarro, 16.5.–29.9.1987, Nr. 29 (verso mit Etikett). Literatur: Denise Bazetoux: Maximilien Luce. Catalogue de l?uvre peint, Paris 1986, Bd. II, S. 365, Nr. 1484 (mit Abb.).
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