ID 1064400
Lot 52 | PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
Estimate value
$ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
La ville oubliée
signed and dated 'P DELVAUX 6-10-64' (lower right)
oil on canvas
55 3⁄8 x 70 7⁄8 in (140.5 x 180 cm.)
Painted on 6 October 1964
Provenance
Dr. Blavier, Liège (acquired from the artist, by 1967, then by descent); sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1989, lot 71.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
P. Aloîse de Bock, Paul Delvaux: Der Mensch, der Maler, Hamburg, 1965 (illustrated, pl. 41).
P. Aloîse de Bock, Paul Delvaux, Brussels, 1967, p. 300, no. 158 (illustrated, p. 233).
P. Caso, "La vie artistique: Paul Delvaux au Musée d'Ixelles" in Le Soir, 30 November 1967, p. 2.
L'Express, 26 May 1969 (illustrated).
A. Fermiger, "Les femmes nues de Paul Delvaux" in Le Nouvel Observateur, 3 June 1969, p. 51.
A. Terrasse and J. Saucet, Paul Delvaux, Paris, 1972, p. 45 (illustrated).
J. Vovelle, Le Surréalisme en Belgique, Brussels, 1972, p. 200.
M. Butor, J. Clair and S. Houbart-Wilkin, Delvaux, Paris, 1975, p. 264, no. 289 (illustrated).
B. Emerson, Delvaux, Antwerp, 1985, p. 197 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, De Generatie van 1900: Surrealisten, Animisten, February 1966, no. 67.
Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paul Delvaux, November-December 1966.
Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles, Paul Delvaux, November-December 1967, no. 52.
Venice, Belgian Pavilion, XXXIV Biennale di Venezia, 1968, no. 13.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paul Delvaux, May-July 1969, no. 65 (illustrated).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Paul Delvaux, April-June 1973, p. 153, no. 63 (illustrated).
Knokke-Heist, Casino, Paul Delvaux, June-September 1973, p. 152, no. 52 (illustrated).
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art and Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art, Paul Delvaux, March-July 1975, no. 30 (illustrated in color).
| Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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