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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION
PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
La Ville lunaire
Details
PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
La Ville lunaire
signed and dated 'P.DELVAUX 2-44' (lower right)
oil on canvas
56 ¼ x 78 ¾ in. (143 x 200 cm.)
Painted in February 1944
La Ville lunaire
signed and dated 'P.DELVAUX 2-44' (lower right)
oil on canvas
56 ¼ x 78 ¾ in. (143 x 200 cm.)
Painted in February 1944
Provenance
Georges Van Extergem, Brussels, by 1944.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York.
Alex Salkin, New York, by 1948 and until at least 1961.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above in February 1977.
Private collection, Geneva by whom acquired from the above in November 1977.
Acquired from the above to the present owner in 2006.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York.
Alex Salkin, New York, by 1948 and until at least 1961.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above in February 1977.
Private collection, Geneva by whom acquired from the above in November 1977.
Acquired from the above to the present owner in 2006.
Literature
Les carnets du séminaire des arts, Brussels, no. 1, March 1945 (detail illustrated).
C. Spaak, Paul Delvaux, Antwerp, 1948 (illustrated pl. 14 & detail illustrated pl. 15).
Vooruit, Gand, 2 June 1950, p. 4 (illustrated).
A.D.B. Sylvester, 'Architecture in Modern Painting' in The Architectural Review, London, vol. CIX, no. 650, February 1951, p. 83 (illustrated fig. 5).
A. de Ridder, De Levende Kunst gezien te Venetië, Brussels, 1958, p. 295 (detail illustrated).
M. Jean & A. Mezei, Histoire de la peinture surréaliste, Paris, 1959, p. 275.
J. Bosmant, Trésors communaux, Cinquante peintures, Bruxelles, 1960, p. 297.
G. Bataille, Les larmes d'Éros, Paris, 1961, p. 202 (illustrated).
J.-M. Lo Duca, Sexologia lexikon: sexologie générale, sexualité, contre-sexualité, bibliographie universelle, Geneva, 1963, p. 94.
J.P. Hodin, 'Surrealism' in Encylopedia of World Art, vol. XIII, New York, 1967, p. 729.
P.A. de Bock, Paul Delvaux, Brussels, 1967, no. 64, pp. 292 & 193 (illustrated 126; with incorrect dimensions).
J. Vovelle, Le Surréalisme en Belgique, Bruxelles, 1972, p. 196.
M. Butor, J. Clair & S. Houbart-Wilkin, Delvaux, Brussels, 1975, no. 134, p. 203 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
B. Emerson, Delvaux, Antwerp, 1985, p. 255 (detail illustrated).
C. Spaak, Paul Delvaux, Antwerp, 1948 (illustrated pl. 14 & detail illustrated pl. 15).
Vooruit, Gand, 2 June 1950, p. 4 (illustrated).
A.D.B. Sylvester, 'Architecture in Modern Painting' in The Architectural Review, London, vol. CIX, no. 650, February 1951, p. 83 (illustrated fig. 5).
A. de Ridder, De Levende Kunst gezien te Venetië, Brussels, 1958, p. 295 (detail illustrated).
M. Jean & A. Mezei, Histoire de la peinture surréaliste, Paris, 1959, p. 275.
J. Bosmant, Trésors communaux, Cinquante peintures, Bruxelles, 1960, p. 297.
G. Bataille, Les larmes d'Éros, Paris, 1961, p. 202 (illustrated).
J.-M. Lo Duca, Sexologia lexikon: sexologie générale, sexualité, contre-sexualité, bibliographie universelle, Geneva, 1963, p. 94.
J.P. Hodin, 'Surrealism' in Encylopedia of World Art, vol. XIII, New York, 1967, p. 729.
P.A. de Bock, Paul Delvaux, Brussels, 1967, no. 64, pp. 292 & 193 (illustrated 126; with incorrect dimensions).
J. Vovelle, Le Surréalisme en Belgique, Bruxelles, 1972, p. 196.
M. Butor, J. Clair & S. Houbart-Wilkin, Delvaux, Brussels, 1975, no. 134, p. 203 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
B. Emerson, Delvaux, Antwerp, 1985, p. 255 (detail illustrated).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paul Delvaux, December 1944 - January 1945, no. 58.
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Paul Delvaux, 1948, no. 13 (illustrated; illustrated again as a detail; with inverted dimensions).
Venice, XXVIIe Esposizione biennale internazionale d'arte, 1954, ex. cat.
Pasadena, Museum of Modern Art, on loan, September - December 1973.
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Hommage a Paul Delvaux: Peintures, aquarelles, dessins, lithographs, November 1977 - January 1978, no. 5 (illustrated pp. 4 & 5).
Liège, La Boverie, Les mondes de Paul Delvaux, October 2024 - March 2025, no. 51, p. 217 (illustrated pp. 76-77; detail illustrated p. 96).
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Paul Delvaux, 1948, no. 13 (illustrated; illustrated again as a detail; with inverted dimensions).
Venice, XXVIIe Esposizione biennale internazionale d'arte, 1954, ex. cat.
Pasadena, Museum of Modern Art, on loan, September - December 1973.
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Hommage a Paul Delvaux: Peintures, aquarelles, dessins, lithographs, November 1977 - January 1978, no. 5 (illustrated pp. 4 & 5).
Liège, La Boverie, Les mondes de Paul Delvaux, October 2024 - March 2025, no. 51, p. 217 (illustrated pp. 76-77; detail illustrated p. 96).
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Ottavia Marchitelli
Senior Specialist, Head of The Art of The Surreal Sale