Maurice Utrillo
The House of Mimi Pinson in Montmartre

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Artist Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883–1955)French, 1883–1955

CultureFrench

Titles

The House of Mimi Pinson in Montmartre

Datec. 1914

PlaceParis, France

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions20 × 31 7/8 in. (50.8 × 81 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.305

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

226 Beck Galleries

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePrivate collection, Paris; [her sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, “Tableaux Modernes composant la collection de Mme X,” 12 March 1928, no. 94, as “La Maison de Berlioz,” illus. in b/w] [1]; [purchased by “Terrisse,” 1928] [2]; Likely Frédéric Lung (Saint-Dié, 1868–Algeria, 1942) [3]; Possibly Mme. Lung (Mady Guglielmetti; 1880–1957), by descent, 1942 [4]; Private collection, Paris, by 1962 [5]; [Galerie Paul Pétridès / Galerie Philippe Reichenbach, Paris, as “Rue de Montmartre,” 1911]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, June 1963 [6]; given to MFAH, 1998.

[1] The collector, identified only as Mme. X, has not been identified. The sale catalogue is digitized at: https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/viewer/66675/?offset=#page=2&viewer=picture&o=bookmarks&n=0&q= (Accessed by Julia May Boddewyn, 20 August 2024).

[2] The painting sold for 12,300 francs to M. Terrisse. This may have been the art expert Georges Terrisse (1885–1963). A report on the sales results, with Terisse listed as buyer, was published in the Hôtel Drouot Gazette. “Collection de Mme. X.,” Gazette de l’Hotel Drouot 37, no. 30 (March 13, 1928): 5. Available online: https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/viewer/59656/?offset=1#page=125&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Utrillo (Accessed by Julia May Boddewyn, 20 August 2024).

[3] This information is from an undated document titled “Pedigrees,” from Galerie Philippe Reichenbach, in which the provenance is given as “Collection Lung.” Object file. MFAH. (Confirmed by Julia May Boddewyn, 12 Sept. 2024). This may be the art collector Frédéric Lung, whose obituary can be accessed here: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96804159/f24.image.r=%22Frederic%20Lung%22necrologie?rk=128756;0 (Accessed by Julia May Boddewyn, 20 August 2024). For more on Lung, see: http://alger-roi.fr/Alger/villa_abd_el_tif/textes/2_abd_el_tif_historique_cazenave.pdf.

[4] If the painting was in Lung’s collection, he may have left to his wife.

[5] Listed as the owner in Pétridès (1962), this individual has not been identified.

[6] Date of purchase

Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974, pp. 92-93.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed, lower right, recto: "Maurice Utrillo. V."

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