ID 792278
Lot 56 | PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
Femme assise (La lampe)
signed and dated 'P. DELVAUX 10-45' (lower left)
oil on cradled panel
29 3⁄4 x 37 5⁄8 in. (75.5 x 95.2 cm.)
Painted in October 1945
Provenance
Claude Spaak, Choisel.
Millicent A. Rogers, New Mexico, and thence by descent; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 January 1955, lot 100.
Durlacher Brothers, London & New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Hugh Chisholm, New York, by 1967.
Galerie Dr R. Horstmann, Cologne.
Hans Schröder, Saarbrucken, by whom acquired from the above in 1972; his sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 10 December 1986, lot 17.
Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-Heist, by 1987.
Freddy Huyghe, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 2 November 2011, lot 56.
Private Collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
M. Butor, J. Clair & S. Houbart-Wilkin, Delvaux, Brussels, 1975, no. 163, pp. 214-215 (illustrated p. 214).
Exhibited
Brussels, Peintres Belges contemporains, 1948, no. 79, p. 155 (illustrated).
San Francisco, Museum of Fine Art, 1967-1968, on loan.
Savonlinna, Retretti Art Centre, Surrealismi - Surrealism, May - September 1987, no. 61, p. 140 (illustrated p. 42).
Paris, Grand Palais, Salon des Indépendants, Paul Delvaux, Peintures, dessins, 1922-1982, November 1991, no. 31, p. 64 (illustrated).
Umeda, Musée d'art de Daimaru, Paul Delvaux, October 1996; this exhibition later travelled to Shimonoseki, Daimaru Bunka Hall, November 1996; Sakura, Musée d'art municipal, November 1996 - January 1997; Kyoto, Musée d'art de Daimaru, January - February 1997; and Shinjuku, Musée d'art d'Isetan, February - March 1997.
Oostende, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Van Ensor tot Delvaux, Ensor, Spilliaert, Permeke, Magritte, Delvaux, October 1996 - February 1997, p. 356 (illustrated).
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Paul Delvaux, March - July 1997, no. 61, p. 118 (illustrated).
Florence, Palazzo Corsini, Paul Delvaux, September - December 1998, no. 54, p. 95 (with inverted illustration and dimensions).
Monaco, Salle d'Exposition du Quai Antoine 1er, Paul Delvaux, March - April 2001, p. 78 (illustrated p. 37; titled 'Femme à la lampe' and with incorrect dimensions).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on panel, Painted |
Art style: | Surrealism |
Genre: | Nude art, Portrait |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on panel, Painted |
Art style: | Surrealism |
Genre: | Nude art, Portrait |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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