Nu couché

Details

Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)
Nu couché
signed 'P. Delvaux' and indistinctly inscribed (upper centre of image); inscribed and dated '18-9-69' (on the other half of the sheet)
watercolour and pen and ink on the artist's letterhead paper
image: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (13.5 x 21.5 cm.)
sheet: 10 5/8 x 16 7/8 in. (27 x 43 cm.)
Executed circa 1969

Provenance

Private collection, a gift from the artist.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1984, lot 371.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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.

Sale room notice

The Fondation Paul Delvaux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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Lot Essay

The Fondation Paul Delvaux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Nu couché was executed by Paul Delvaux on a letter dated 18 September 1969 that the artist had written on his letterhead paper to Messieurs Peney and Gibey, a journalist and a photographer who collaborated on an article about the artist published in Paris-Match.

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