Lot 63
  • 63

RIK WOUTERS | Le sculpteur D'Haveloose en croisière avec Mr Wagemans

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • Rik Wouters
  • Le sculpteur D'Haveloose en croisière avec Mr Wagemans
  • titled Le sculpteur D'Haveloose en croisière avec Mr Wagemans (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 16,5 x 21 cm ; 6 1/2  x 8 1/4  in.
  • Executed in 1910.

Provenance

Nel Wouters (the artist's widow)
Jean Vanderlinden, Brasschaat (acquired from the above)
Philippe Vanderlinden, Brasschaat
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, affixed to the artist's mount at all corners. There is a small tape remnant to the upper left corner. The artist's mount is taped to the overmount along the lower edge. The upper edge is deckled with associated minor nicks. There are two small repaired tears (the larger of which is approx. 1 cm) to the right part of the upper edge and two tiny tears to the left part of the lower edge. There is some paper skinning to the upper left corner. The sheet is slightly undulating and there are some faint creases in places. The sheet and the artist's mount are slightly light stained and there are scattered dots of foxing. This work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Olivier Bertrand and it will be included in the Catalogue raisonné des Œuvres sur papier de Rik Wouters.