Maurice Utrillo c.1910-11 Lithograph "L' Impasse Cottin" on Cardboard~Signed~VGC

Description: L'Impasse Cottin - Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) ➡ Lithograph from c. 1910-11 Oil on Canvas➡ Medium - Lustre Textured Cardboard ➡ We are told the medium is likely velin d'Arches paper glued to a cardboard backing➡ Dimensions - With Frame = W 20" x L 27" Without Frame = W 17-3/4" x L 23-1/4"➡ Basic Wood Frame with Burlap or Linen Border, No Glass➡ Piece is in extra nice condition short staples attach cardboard to the frame➡ Picture puffs forward in the frame--may need to be laid flat without frame ➡ The piece was gifted to my husband in Paris in May of 1955...never used or displayed.➡ Inscription or Stamp on the Back Reads: "L'IMPASSE COTTIN" By ~ MAURICE UTRILLO WNZ 5748J This picture has been known since at least 1928 simply as 'Montmartre', but it is actually a view up (L'Impasse Cottin) 'The Passage Cottin' or 'The Dead End'...The end of a flight of stone steps leading up towards Sacré-Cœur, a.k.a. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, Sacré-Cœur Basilica or simply Sacré-Cœur, which is not included in the painting...the top of the steps is Utrillo's 'dead end'. Utrillo painted two later versions of the 'Passage Cottin' some time between 1912 and 1922 (Pétridès Nos. 215 and 950), both showing views from further up the street and closer to the flight of stone steps. Context "L'Impasse Cottin" - The Passage Cottin Move from Impressionism to Post-Impressionism The Parisian district of Montmartre was the beating heart of belle époque bohemianism. In its nightclubs and brothels an extraordinary artistic revolution was fermented. Impressionism, a movement captivated by light and movement, had taken artists out of the city to paint en plein air, but by the late 1800s a new and urban approach saw artists enthralled by the heady carnival underworld of the fin-de-siècle metropolis. It was an atmosphere of excess. Utrillo’s life would be dogged by mental-health issues and alcoholism, and yet from it he would forge one of the most important Post-Impressionist bodies of work — a melancholy, lugubrious vision of the streets of Montmartre painted from life, memory or postcards. Utrillo’s "White Period" and Claim to Fame During World War One Maurice Utrillo was unfit for military service because of his emotional instability. It was in the wartime period that Utrillo painted his White Period works. These paintings are defined by a range of white tones, light pastels and a sense of eerie emptiness. The period between 1909-1914 Utrillo produces his most renowned body of work. 'The Cottin Passage' There was no real, vibrant city in Utrillo. Still, the Parisian District of Montmartre he paints is very close to him...he was born there...it was his hometown. This picture depicts the dirty white of the walls...a woman standing near a door...and people walking up the stone steps. His milky whites with grays, pale blues and greens, and flashes of vermilion are notable. The texture makes you want to feel that it is a lonely still life, but instead one gets a feeling of calm that everyone wants. That's exactly Utrillo's "White". This piece was reproduced from Utrillo's first known oil on canvas 'The Cottin Passage' c. 1910 from his White Period works. About the Artist Maurice Utrillo V. is a talented Post-Impressionism French Painter who battled alcoholism and depression for most of his life. Utrillo was born in Montmartre in 1883 to 18-year old, *Suzanne Valadon. She never knew who the father was as she had many lovers at the time. Valadon made a living as a model and lover to numerous painters including Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec. She is the subject of quite a few of their famous canvases. In 1891 Maurice received the surname of the Spanish art critic Miguel Utrillo, the officially appointed stepfather who lived abroad. Utrillo would live with his mother until his marriage in 1935. By then he was a hugely successful and prolific artist who had painted more than 5,000 oil paintings, watercolors, pencil sketches and gouaches.Utrillo used plaster, sand and white tones to depict the cityscapes of Montmartre. By 1923 critics and the art world alike praised his paintings...he was famous. In 1928 he was awarded the Légion d’Honneur, The Legion of Honour is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte and retained by all later French governments and régimes. With tremendous success his personal struggle with alcoholism and depression did not diminish. Utrillo died in Le Vésinet, France, on Nov. 5, 1955.**********Maurice Utrillo’s artworks can be found today in the most prestigious art museums all over the world. ***********Utrillo's mother, Suzanne Valadon, was also a talented painter who made a name for herself in the art world. Sources: Christie's, Sotheby's, Tate, WikiArt, and various other museums. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING US! WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS.

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