Le goûter sous les châtaigniers

Denis, Maurice
Le goûter sous les châtaigniers

1914
Oil on canvas
80.5 : 123 cm
Signed and dated lower left: “MAVRICE DENIS 14”

The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl under no. 914.0022.

Provenance:
– Galerie Druet, Paris, 1 July 1916, no. 8685
– Returned to the artist on 22 April 1918
– Matsukata Kōjirō, 1921 (acquired directly from the artist)
– Confiscated by the French government in 1944
– Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 November 1947
– Private collection, since 1985
– Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 March 1986, lot 45
– Richard Green Gallery, London
– Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s
– Christie’s London, 23 June 2016, lot 315

Exhibitions:
– Œuvres récentes de Maurice Denis, Paris, Galerie Druet, 1916
– Exposition Maurice Denis, 1888 – 1924, Paris, Pavillon de Marsan, April – May 1924, cat. no. 228 (titled Le goûter)
– Maurice Denis à Perros-Guirec, Perros-Guirec, Maison des Traouieros, July – August 1985, cat. no. P80, p. 57

Price on request