Utrillo's Montmartre

Published on 16 September 2020, by Caroline Legrand

Auction on 24 September 2020 - 17:00 (CEST) - 1, avenue Édouard-Herriot - 71000 Mâcon

With this The Agile Rabbit in the Snow, the eulogist of La Butte gets ahead of the season as he highlights the district he loved, which shaped his life and career.

Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955), Le Lapin Agile sous la neige (Agile Rabbit in the Snow),... Utrillo's Montmartre

Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955), Le Lapin Agile sous la neige (Agile Rabbit in the Snow), oil on canvas, 46 x 56 cm.
Estimate: €40,000/60,000

Here, painting was therapy. Maurice Utrillo sought to conquer his malady, alcoholism, by pacing the streets of his beloved Butte Montmartre. The Sacré-Cœur, the Moulin de la Galette, Rue du Mont-Cenis and the cabarets La Belle Gabrielle and, of course, the Lapin Agile were some of the subjects he endlessly explored. At that time, recently annexed to the City of…

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