ID 717947 
Lot 410  | PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000 
Étude pour le tableau 'Les Rivales'
signed, dated and inscribed 'LES RIVALES 2-66. P. DELVAUX'; inscribed 'Les Rivales' (on the reverse)
gouache, watercolour, pen and India ink, wash and pencil on paper
25 7⁄8 x 22 1⁄2 in. (65 x 57 cm.)
Executed in February 1966
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist in April 1968, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Exhibited
Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Dirección General de Bellas Artes, Dibujo Belga Contemporaneo, November 1966, no. 7 (illustrated).
Ixelles, Musèe d'Ixelles, Paul Delvaux au Musée d'Ixelles, 1967, no. 103.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Paul Delvaux, Tekeningen, February - March 1968, no. 61 (dated '1965').
Kumamoto, Prefectoral Museum, Paul Delvaux in Japan, September - October 1987, no. 27 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Okayama, Tenmaya Isen Art Hall, October - November 1987; Sendai, Galerie Sendai-Eki-mae, November 1987, and Fukkuoka, Municipal Art Museum, January 1988.
Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Paul Delvaux, March - July 1997, no. 221, p. 284 (illustrated).
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Post Lot Text
The Fondation Paul Delvaux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) | 
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic | 
| Art style: | Surrealism | 
| Genre: | Allegory | 
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe | 
| Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) | 
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic | 
| Art style: | Surrealism | 
| Genre: | Allegory | 
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe | 
| Address of auction | 
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