Lot 147
  • 147

PAUL DELVAUX | Femme endormie

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paul Delvaux
  • Femme endormie
  • monogramed P.D, dated 1-34 and inscribed SPY (lower right)
  • watercolour and India ink on paper
  • 55,2 x 74,9 cm; 21 3/4 x 29 1/2 in.
  • Executed in January 1934.

Provenance

Galerie Lou Cosyn, Brussels
Mrs. Bertouille, Paris (acquired by 1977)
Private collection, Brussels

Exhibited

Brussels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Hommage à Paul Delvaux, 1977, no. 5
Turin, Palazzo Bricherasio, Il Surrealismo di Paul Delvaux tra Magritte e de Chirico, 2005-06, no. 42, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and sandwiched between glass and backing board. The sheet is undulating slightly. There is some paper abrasion at all four corners, notably to the lower left corner. There is some texture to the surface of the sheet towards the centre of lower edge which is not inherent to the support but appears to be due to the artist's application of the medium. There are a few superficial surface scratches, possibly inherent to the artistic process. The sheet is light stained. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Fondation Paul Delvaux.