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PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)

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ID 717947
Lot 410 | PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)

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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The Fondation Paul Delvaux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994)
Applied technique:Painted, Watercolor
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Surrealism
Genre:Allegory
Place of origin:Belgium, Western Europe, Europe
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