Row of Houses at Pierrefitte, c. 1905

Not on View

Medium

oil on cardboard on wood

Dimensions

overall: 23.9 x 34.2 cm (9 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

framed: 48.3 x 58.4 x 5.7 cm (19 x 23 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.86

Artists / Makers

Maurice Utrillo (artist) French, 1883 - 1955

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Inscription

lower right: Maurice Utrillo.V.

Provenance

Captain Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York, as Landscape with Houses;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]Included in the 1952 exhibition of the Molyneux collection.

[2]Purchase date of Molyneux collection according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives.

Associated Names

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain

Exhibition History

1952: French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist, as Landscape with Houses.

1956: Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956, as Landscape with Houses.

1958: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 41 or 42, as Landscape with Houses.

1961: French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 64, repro., as Landscape with Houses.

1963: Exhibition of Paintings: Maurice Utrillo, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1963, no. 1, repro., as Landscape at Pierrefitte.

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no. 198, repro.

Bibliography

1959: Pétridès, Paul. L'oeuvre complete de Maurice Utrillo. 5 vols. Paris, 1959-1974, I:no. 11, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 358, repro.

1978: Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 116, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 416, repro.