RIK WOUTERS | Attitude

Nel Wouters, Overijse
Private collection, Watermael-Boitsfort (acquired from the above before 1952, probably in 1947 during the exhibition in Boisfort)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Boitsfort, Rik Wouters, 1947, no. 13

 

Les Indépendants, Vème salon (exhibition catalogue), Brussels, 1908, no. 211, another cast
Les Indépendants, VIIIème salon (exhibition catalogue), Brussels, 1911, no. 231, another cast
La Libre Esthétique (exhibition catalogue), Brussels, 1911, no. 258, another cast
Exposition inaugurale (exhibition catalogue), Brussels, Galerie Giroux, 1912, no. 81, another cast
La Libre Esthétique (exhibition catalogue), Brussels, 1913, no. 296, another cast
L'Art Contemporain, Salon (exhibition catalogue), Antwerp, 1913, no. 4, another cast
Salon (exhibition catalogue), Paris, Grand Palais, 1913, no. 2084, the plaster
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Brussels, Galerie Giroux, 1914, no. 81, another cast
L'Art Contemporain, Salon (exhibition catalogue), Antwerp, 1914, no. 7, the plaster 
XI Esposizione Internationale d'Arte (exhibition catalogue), Venice, 1914, no. 190, the plaster
The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy (Exhibition catalogue) Edimburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1914, the plaster
Modern Belgian Art (exhibition catalogue), Cardiff, 1915, no. 97, another cast
Modern Belgian Artists (exhibition catalogue), Brighton, 1915, no. 141, another cast
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1916, no. 67, another cast
A. Pit, "Rik Wouters", in Onze Kunst, February 1916
(Exhibition catalogue) Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 1916, no. 198, another cast
Belgisk Kunst I Norge (exhibition catalogue), Kristiania, 1918, another cast illustrated
L'Art Contemporain, Salon (exhibition catalogue), Antwerp, 1923, no. 7, another cast
(Exhibition catalogue) Brussels, Libre Académie de Belgique, 1925, no.144, another cast
Art belge ancien et moderne (exhibition catalogue), Berne, 1926, no. 169, another cast
Exposition Centennale de l'art Belge (exhibition catalogue),  Brussels, 1930, no. 121, another cast
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1935, no. 11, another cast illustrated
Nel Wouters, La vie de Rik Wouters à travers son œuvre, Brussels, 1944, p. 15, another cast illustrated pl. VIII
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Malines, 1946, no. 7, another cast
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Rotterdam, Musée Boymans ; The Hague, Gemeente Museum, 1946, no. 7, another cast illustrated
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Gand, Verviers, Mons & Maastricht, 1947, another cast illustrated pl. 14
Georges Marlier, Hedendaasche Vlaamsche Schilderkunst, 1947
Ary Delen, Rik Wouters, Sculptures et dessins, Brussels, 1947, another cast illustrated pl.14
Ary Delen, Rik Wouters, Antwerp, 1948, another cast illustrated pl. 2
Jan-Albert Goris, Modern Sculpture in Belgium, New York, 1948,  another cast illustrated
Exposition Internationale de sculpture en plein air (exhibition catalogue), Antwerp, Middelheim, 1951, no. 96, another cast
50 Jahre Belgische Kunst (exhibition catalogue), Nürnberg, 1955, no. 105, another 
XXVIII Biennale (exhibition catalogue), Venice, 1956, no. 59, another cast
Sele Arte, 1956, no. 24, another cast
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Antwerp, Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, 1957, no. 10, another cast illustrated
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1957, another cast illustrated
100 Jarhre Belgische Kunst (exhibition catalogue), Munich, 1959, no. 91, another cast illustrated 
100 Jarhre Belgische Kunst (exhibition catalogue), Bremen, 1960, no. 91, another cast illustrated 
Roger Avermaete, Rik Wouters, Brussels, 1962, another cast illustrated p. 213
Collection Tony Herbert (exhibition catalogue), Luxembourg, 1963-64, no. 77, another cast
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Malines, 1966, no. 10, another cast
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Amersfoort, 1988-89, no. 60, another cast
Olivier Bertrand & Stefaan Hautekeete, Jalons d'une vie, Brussels, 1994, p. 17
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Ostende, PMMK, no. 6-I, another cast illustrated p. 32
Olivier Bertrand, Regard sur un destin, Brussels, 2000, this example illustrated p. 179
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 2002, no. 45, another cast illustrated
Rik Wouters (exhibition catalogue), Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 2017, no. 174, another cast illustrated p. 226

Attractive brown patina. There is a tiny crack (approx. 1 cm long) with associated pinholes on the curved fabric behind the woman's hand and a few additionnal pinholes and small dents in places, most predominately to the bottom of the sculpture. There is a small loss to the patina with minor white traces on the bottom back of the sculpture, on the left of the foundry mark. This is some minor wear to the patina, most predominately to the protruding elements and some superficial dust in the crevices. This work is in overall good condition.
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This cast will be included and illustrated in the Catalogue raisonné des sculptures de Rik Wouters being currently prepared by Olivier Bertrand.