ID 908091
Lot 120 | PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
Estimate value
£ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
Rosine
signed and dated 'P. DELVAUX ST. IDESBALD. 9-68.' (lower right); signed, titled and inscribed 'ROSINE. P. DELVAUX. 34A AV. DES CAMPANULES. BRUXELLES 17 (WAT. BOITSFORT)' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
63 1/8 x 55 1/4 in. (160 x 140.4 cm.)
Painted in Saint-Idesbald in September 1968
Provenance
The artist.
Private collection, Brussels, by descent from the above.
Private collection, Japan, by whom acquired from the above.
American/European Art Association, Inc., New York.
Private collection, Washington D.C., by whom acquired from the above; sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 2002, lot 43.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent.
Literature
M. Butor, J. Clair & S. Houbart-Wilkin, Delvaux, Brussels, 1975, no. 308, p. 271 (illustrated p. 270).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Rétrospective Paul Delvaux, May - July 1969, no. 75.
Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Paul Delvaux, April - June 1986, no. 28, p. 15 (illustrated p. 119; with incorrect medium).
Osaka, Daimaru Museum of Art, Paul Delvaux, November 1989, no. 38 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Daimaru Museum of Art, January 1990; Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, February 1990; Himeji, Himeji City Museum of Art, March - April 1990; and Yokohama, Yokohoma Museum of Fine Art, April - May 1990.
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| Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art, Surrealism |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art, Surrealism |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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