ID 717776
Lot 105 | PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
Le soir tombe
signed and dated ‘P. Delvaux 1-70.’ (lower right); signed again and inscribed ‘P. DELVAUX -LE SOIR TOMBE-' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
55 1⁄4 x 71 in. (140.4 x 180.3 cm.)
Painted in January 1970
Provenance
Private collection, Brussels, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1971, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
'Paul Delvaux: Retrospective te Knokke', in De Volksgazet, Antwerp, 26 July 1973 (illustrated).
I. Lebeer, Paul Delvaux: Voice and Paintings [Interview with Paul Delvaux], Brussels, 1974, no. 32 (illustrated slide 32).
M. Butor, J. Clair & S. Houbart-Wilkin, Delvaux, Brussels, 1975, no. 315, p. 272 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Paul Delvaux, April - June 1973, no. 67, p. 155 (illustrated).
Knokke-Heist, Casino, Paul Delvaux, June - September 1973, no. 56, p. 156 (illustrated).
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Paul Delvaux, March - May 1975, no. 33 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, June - July 1975.
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Paul Delvaux, March - July 1997, no. 110, p. 167 (illustrated).
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| Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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