MAURICE UTRILLO Lot n° 29

MAURICE UTRILLO Maurice Utrillo painting the church in Murato, Corsica, Lucie Valore presenting her latest works to Maurice Utrillo, Lucie Valore on the Côte d'Azur, the couple in their apartment, receiving the town's medals in Dax, ca.1953-1955. Photographs. 8 vintage silver prints, including 2 by Albert in Dax and 2 dedicated by Lucie Valore to dealer Paul Pétridès (1901-1993). 13.3 x 8.6 cm to 17.2 x 22.7 cm Correspondence between Paul Pétridès and Lucie Utrillo is enclosed, including an account of a visit to Henri Matisse in 1952, Maurice Utrillo's last oil paintings "real marvels", the Versailles project, the organization of exhibitions, funerals and a visit to Raoul Dufy's tomb, Utrillo's difficulty walking, account of an aborted exhibition visit in front of the "innumerable" crowd and Maurice Utrillo "starting his music", discussion on colors between Lucie and Petidès, account of Utrillo ill after a train journey, his state of health: "as soon as he walks 100 meters his head turns" writes Lucie, proofreading for the Utrillo retrospective, a postcard from Berthe Vlaminck addressed to Petidès, letter to Henri Flammarion about publishing a book on Utrillo and Montmartre, letter from Roger Chapelain-Midy to Pétidès praising the talent of Laure Albin-Guillot, from Gérard Bauër, postcard from André Beucler, letters from André Billy, letters from Rémy Duval, including 1 on an invitation card for the Galerie d'Art et d'Industrie, one signed Lebasque about an exhibition on Utrillo, letters from Raymond Gid about photographs (enclosed is an engraving of a woman by Gid numbered 373/380), receipt from Galerie Pétridès about a painting by Georges Rouault, note from Isabelle Rouault about the lining of a work by her father, letter from Adolphe Tabarant to Pétridès complaining about not receiving exhibition catalogs, letter from Marthe Lebasque to Pétridès about her nascent mysanthropy "je suis sauvage, sauvageonne même (....)", card from Henri Manguin to Pétridès thanking him for his idea of a cure in Royat, letter from Van Dongen to Pétridès, letter from Berthe Vlaminck to Mme Pétridès "Vlaminck keeps an excellent memory of your kind welcome, worthy of Pantagruel!"letter from Henry de Waroquier for one of his paintings of Vézelay, letter from Bernard Dunand about a painting on a screen and game table by Jean Dunand, letter from Pierre Matisse wishing to acquire paintings by Georges Rouault.