PAUL DELVAUX | Composition sur une place aux cariatides

Lou Cosyn, Brussels (gift from the artist)
Mrs Fuchs, London (by descent from the above)
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York
Helen W. Benjamin, New York (acquired from the above in 1964 and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 2, 1996, lot 268)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Rovereto, Improvvisazione Prima Galleria d'Arte, Delvaux, 1997-1998, illustrated in the catalogue p. 69

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to a thicker piece of paper with tape at the upper and lower edges of the verso, and floating in the mount. The left edge is deckled. There is some slight staining to the lower, right and upper edges and the paper is undulating. There is a tiny flattened crease at the lower right corner. This work is in overall good condition.
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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Fondation Paul Delvaux.