Lot 225
  • 225

Paul Delvaux

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paul Delvaux
  • La Galerie Bortier
  • signed P. Delvaux and dated 19-10-56 (lower right)
  • watercolour and pen and ink on paper
  • 48.2 by 67.2cm., 18 3/4 by 26 1/2 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Belgium (acquired directly from the artist circa 1960)
Private Collection, Belgium (by descent from the above; sale: Christie's, London, 7th February 2002, lot 388)
Purchased at the above sale by the late owner

Exhibited

Osaka, Musée d'Art de Daimaru; Kyoto, Musée d'Art de Daimaru; Tokyo, Musée d'Art d'Isetan (& travelling in Japan), Paul Delvaux, 1989-90, no. 80, illustrated in colour in the catalogue 

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and t-hinged to the mount along the upper edge. All four edges are deckled with restorer's tape along the reverse of each edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained. There is a tiny speck of paint loss towards the lower left corner. Otherwise this work is in very good condition.
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