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Property from a Private Collection, Ireland

Paul Delvaux

La danse macabre

Auction Closed

March 3, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

18,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Ireland

Paul Delvaux

1897 - 1994

La danse macabre


signed P.D., dated 2-59, titled and inscribed SPY (lower right)

pen and ink, gouache and wash on card

59.5 by 75cm., 23½ by 21½in.

Executed in February 1959.


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

Walter Delvaux (the artist's cousin)

Private Collection, Belgium (a gift from the above)

Private Collection, Belgium (by descent from the above. Sold: Sotheby’s, London, 6th February 2014, lot 469)

Purchased at the above sale by the present owner