Rue Cortot, Montmartre

Provenance

(Alex Reid, Glasgow) and (L.H. Lèfevre & Son, London); sold c. 1924 to Mrs. R. A. Workman, London;[1] (her sale, at her house by Curtis & Henson, London, 21 December 1931, no. 765). Marcel Fleischmann, Zurich, in 1939.[2] Acquired between 1952 and 1955 by Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris;[3] sold 15 August 1955 to Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA. [1]See letter from Alex Reid & Lèfevre dated 9 December 1977 in NGA curatorial files. [2]Lent by Fleischmann to 1939 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. [3]See letter from Molyneux to Bruce, dated 30 July 1955, in NGA Gallery Archives RG39, copy in NGA curatorial records.

Rue Cortot, Montmartre

Utrillo, Maurice

1909

Accession Number

1970.17.88

Medium

oil on cardboard

Dimensions

overall: 45.7 x 33.6 cm (18 x 13 1/4 in.) | framed: 66 x 67 x 7.6 cm (26 x 26 3/8 x 3 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection