PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)

Lot 61
12.05.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
$ 1 800 000
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ID 1422991
Lot 61 | PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
Estimate value
$ 1 800 000 – 2 500 000
PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
Le Temple
signed and dated 'P. DELVAUX 4-8-42' (lower right)
oil on canvas
44 1/8 x 56 7/8 in. (112.1 x 144.5 cm.)
Painted on 4 August 1942




Provenance

Fritz Content, Ostend (by 1962, until at least 1973).
Baron Fernand C. Graindorge, Liège (probably by 1975).
Mme Jean Krebs, Brussels.
Acquired from the above, 28 December 1984.



Literature

R. Gaffé, Paul Delvaux ou les rêves éveillés, Brussels, 1945, p. 35 (illustrated, pl. 15).
M. Butor, J. Clair and S. Houbart-Wilkin, Paul Delvaux: Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, Brussels, 1975, p. 195, no. 118 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paul Delvaux, December 1944-January 1945, no. 25.
Ostend, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Paul Delvaux, July-August 1962, no. 18 (illustrated).
Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, Werkelijkheid en Verbeelding: Belgische Surrealisten, July-September 1964, no. 9.
Geneva, Galerie Krugier, Paul Delvaux: Suites 12, September 1966, no. 7.
Knokke-Heist, Casino, Paul Delvaux, June-September 1973, p. 119, no. 17bis (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
Cologne, Baukunst, Zehn Jahre Baukunst: Rückblick auf die Ausstellungen der Jahre 1964 bis 1974, October-December 1974, p. 38, no. 49 (illustrated in color, p. 39).
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art and Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art, Paul Delvaux, March-July 1975, no. 11 (illustrated in color).
Andros, Museum of Contemporary Art, Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation and Brussels, Musée royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Delvaux and Antiquity, June 2009-January 2010, p. 187, no. 37 (illustrated in color, pp. 123-124).
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