Fernand Khnopff Belgian, 1858-1921

Marguerite Freson-Khnopff, Liège (the artist's sister)
Gilberte Thibaut de Maisières, Seneffe (daughter of the above)
Galerie L'Ecuyer, Brussels
Sale: Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, Rêves Symbolistes, 25 June 1975, lot 149, illustrated (as Vision with incorrect measurements)
The Piccadilly Gallery, London
The Morris Gallery, Toronto (acquired from the above)
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1980

Brussels, Galerie L'Ecuyer, Fernand Khnopff, 1971
London, The Piccadilly Gallery, Belgian Drawings, 1971, no. 28

Robert Delvoy, Catherine de Croës & Gisèle Ollinger-Zinque, Fernand Khnopff, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Brussels, 1987, p. 382, no. 534, catalogued and illustrated

Executed on beige wove paper. There are no signs of any tears or damages and overall the work is in very good condition. Held under glass in a plaster moulded gilt frame with a linen mount. Unexamined out of the frame.
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Executed circa 1914.