Portrait of Frans Hellens

Details

Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946)
Portrait of Frans Hellens
signed and dated lower right L. Spilliaert Avril 1917
pencil on paper
31 x 25 cm

Provenance

Anon. sale, Antwerp, Campo, 5 April 1984, lot 352 (as Portrait of Ferdinand Crommelynck)

Literature

X. Tricot, Léon Spilliaert, de jaren 1900-1915, 1966, p. 66 (ill.) (as Fernand Crommelynck)

Exhibited

Paris, Musée Galerie de la Seita, Léon Spilliaert: Oeuvres de jeunesse 1900-1918, 1997, p. 8 (ill.) (as Fernand Crommelynck)

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

Lot Essay

In common with other Belgian Symbolists, Spilliaert had extensive contacts with contemporary writers. Frans Hellens (1881-1972) was a writer and a poet. This is one of two known drawings made by Spilliaert of Hellens.
To be included in the catalogue raisonné on the artist's work.

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