Bidspirit auction | MAURICE UTRILLO, ATTRIBUTED/ MANNER OF:

MAURICE UTRILLO, ATTRIBUTED/ MANNER OF: VIEW OF HOUSES STUDY - Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883-1955) Attributed/ Manner of: View of Houses Study. Ink, tempera, and gouache on paper. Signed lower right, unframed. Markings from a previous collector verso. This item is accompanied by a document of expertise from van Hassel Gallery. Despite having been shunned by the French artistic establishment during much of his career, he is considered one of the pioneers of The School of Paris, the pre-World War I, modern artistic movement characterized by experimentation and pluralism. Utrillo's most frequent subjects were buildings in the Paris neighborhood of Montmartre.