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Lot 217
  • 217

Léon Spilliaert

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Léon Spilliaert
  • L'Eclair vert sur la mer
  • signed and dated L. Spilliaert / 1921 lower right

  • gouache and coloured chalks on paper

  • 72 by 89.5cm., 28¼ by 35¼in.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the grandfather of the present owner

Exhibited

Antwerp, Salle Artes, Association Anvernoise des Beaux-Arts, Léon Spilliaert. Aquarelles & Dessins, 1947, no. 25 (as Marine)
Ostend, Galerie du Continental & Salle de Lecture du Casino Communal, Rétrospective Léon Spilliaert 1881- 1946, 1947, no. 32

Condition

The sheet is in good condition, with no tears. Apart from some minor scuffs, hairline craquelure in some of the pigments (notably the yellows in the centre) and some flaking of the paint to the left of the signature (visible only under close inspection), this work is in good overall condition.
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