Pillars of Modernism: Property from a Private European Collection
Paul Delvaux
La Couronne
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June 28, 12:29 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Pillars of Modernism: Property from a Private European Collection
Paul Delvaux
1897 - 1994
La Couronne
signed P. Delvaux, dated 4.53 and dedicated À Albert et Georges Niels (lower right)
watercolour and pen and ink on paper mounted on board
69.5 by 50.5 cm. 27⅜ by 19⅞ in.
Framed: 99 by 83 cm. 39 by 32⅝ in.
Executed in April 1953.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Fondation Paul Delvaux.
Albert and Georges Niels, Brussels
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels
Acquired from the above in January 1991 by the father of the present owner
Brussels, Le Cercle Royal Gaulois, Bruxelles vu par les artistes, 1959, no. 46, listed (titled L'Hôtel de Ville)
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot and Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, Paul Delvaux: dessins, aquarelles et encres de Chine, 1987-88, no. 48, illustrated in colour (titled L'Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles)
Jean Stengers, Bruxelles: Croissance d'une capitale, Anvers, 1979, illustrated in colour on the cover
