MAXIMILIEN LUCE (1858-1941)
Moulineux, Jeune femme ôtant sa sandale
signed and dated 'Luce 1904' (lower right)
oil on canvas
56 x 46.6cm (22 1/16 x 18 3/8in).
Painted in 1904
Footnotes:
Provenance
Jean Bouin-Luce Collection, France (the artist's grand-nephew).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 1984, lot 364.
Private collection, US (acquired by 1986).
Anon. sale, Brunk Auctions, Asheville, 16 November 2013, lot 372.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature
J. Bouin-Luce & D. Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, Vol. II, Paris, 1986, no. 1284 (illustrated p. 319).

The canvas is strip lined. Artist's pinholes to all four corners. Examination under Ultra-Violet light reveals small spots of retouching to the figure's arms, neck, right ankle and to the outer edges.



There is frame rubbing to all four outer edges. One or two tiny discreet pinprick paint losses in places. There are some scattered lines of craquelure, mainly visible to the figure's arms and shoulders. Some mild surface dirt in places, with a faint line of tiny spots of old adhesive to the figure's chest and shoulders.



In our opinion, the work is in overall very good condition.