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La table
Details
Paul Delvaux (1897-1944)
La table
signed and dated 'P. DELVAUX 5-46' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 x 30in. (89.5 x 76.2cm.)
Painted in May 1946
La table
signed and dated 'P. DELVAUX 5-46' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 x 30in. (89.5 x 76.2cm.)
Painted in May 1946
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Wescher, Los Angeles.
Robert Giron, Brussels.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 4 July 1973, lot 105.
Acquired at the above sale by Waddington Galleries Ltd., London.
Robert Giron, Brussels.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 4 July 1973, lot 105.
Acquired at the above sale by Waddington Galleries Ltd., London.
Literature
M. Breuning, 'Delvaux Impresses with Surrealist Notes', Art Digest, New York, 15 December 1946, p. 13.
P. A. de Bock, Paul Delvaux, Brussels 1967, p. 294 (illustrated, p. 76).
M. Conil-Lacoste, 'Au Musée des Arts Décoratifs, l'Erotisme à Blanc de Delvaux', Le Monde, Paris, 5 June 1969.
'X. le marché, Delvaux: prix record', Galerie Jardin des Arts, Paris, May 1974, no. 137, p. 79.
M. Butor, J. Clair & S. Houbart-Wilkin, Delvaux: Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Peint, Brussels 1975, no. 173 (illustrated p. 219).
P. A. de Bock, Paul Delvaux, Brussels 1967, p. 294 (illustrated, p. 76).
M. Conil-Lacoste, 'Au Musée des Arts Décoratifs, l'Erotisme à Blanc de Delvaux', Le Monde, Paris, 5 June 1969.
'X. le marché, Delvaux: prix record', Galerie Jardin des Arts, Paris, May 1974, no. 137, p. 79.
M. Butor, J. Clair & S. Houbart-Wilkin, Delvaux: Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Peint, Brussels 1975, no. 173 (illustrated p. 219).
Exhibited
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Paul Delvaux, 1946.
La Jolla, California, Art Center, Paul Delvaux, 1948-1949.
Antwerp, Feestzaal, l'Art Contemporain Salon 1953, 1953, no. 58.
Liège, Musée d'Art Wallon, Salon Quadriennal, 1953, no. 8.
Lugano, R. N. Ketterer, Moderne Kunst VII, 1971, no. 20 (illustrated in colour p. 42).
Lugano, R. N. Ketterer, Moderne Kunst, 1972, no. 20 (illustrated in colour p. 26).
La Jolla, California, Art Center, Paul Delvaux, 1948-1949.
Antwerp, Feestzaal, l'Art Contemporain Salon 1953, 1953, no. 58.
Liège, Musée d'Art Wallon, Salon Quadriennal, 1953, no. 8.
Lugano, R. N. Ketterer, Moderne Kunst VII, 1971, no. 20 (illustrated in colour p. 42).
Lugano, R. N. Ketterer, Moderne Kunst, 1972, no. 20 (illustrated in colour p. 26).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.