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PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
Femmes devant la mer
Details
PAUL DELVAUX (1897-1994)
Femmes devant la mer
signed and dated 'P. DELVAUX 2-28' (upper right)
oil on canvas
31 ½ x 39 3⁄8 in. (80 x 100 cm.)
Painted in February 1928
Femmes devant la mer
signed and dated 'P. DELVAUX 2-28' (upper right)
oil on canvas
31 ½ x 39 3⁄8 in. (80 x 100 cm.)
Painted in February 1928
Provenance
Jean Giron, Brussels, by 1969.
Private collection, Brussels, by 1975.
Acquired by the family of the present owner circa the 1980s-1990s, and thence by descent.
Private collection, Brussels, by 1975.
Acquired by the family of the present owner circa the 1980s-1990s, and thence by descent.
Literature
A. Eggermont, 'Les Arts plastiques', in Le Thyrse, Brussels, March 1931, p. 104.
M. Butor, J. Clair and S. Houbart-Wilkin, Paul Delvaux, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, Brussels, 1975, no. 35, p. 156 (illustrated inverted pp. 156 & 288).
Delvaux and Antiquity, exh. cat., Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium, Brussels, 2009, p. 22 (illustrated fig. 5).
M. Butor, J. Clair and S. Houbart-Wilkin, Paul Delvaux, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, Brussels, 1975, no. 35, p. 156 (illustrated inverted pp. 156 & 288).
Delvaux and Antiquity, exh. cat., Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium, Brussels, 2009, p. 22 (illustrated fig. 5).
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Manteau, Paul Delvaux et Robert Giron, 1928, no. 1.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1931.
Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Rétrospective Paul Delvaux, May - July 1969, no. 1 (titled 'Femmes nues' and with inverted dimensions).
St.-Martens-Latem, Georges Buysse Gallery, Mage, image, imaginaire II. Paul Delvaux, Luc Perot, Léon Spilliaert, October - November 1974 (illustrated).
Paris, Centre culturel Wallonie-Bruxelles, Hommage à Paul Delvaux, December 1985 - March 1986, no. 1.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1931.
Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Rétrospective Paul Delvaux, May - July 1969, no. 1 (titled 'Femmes nues' and with inverted dimensions).
St.-Martens-Latem, Georges Buysse Gallery, Mage, image, imaginaire II. Paul Delvaux, Luc Perot, Léon Spilliaert, October - November 1974 (illustrated).
Paris, Centre culturel Wallonie-Bruxelles, Hommage à Paul Delvaux, December 1985 - March 1986, no. 1.
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