Lot Essay
This drawing is probably the preliminary study for the painting Meditatie (Pachteres) (1933) (see: P. Boyens, Gust. De Smet, Kroniek-Kunsthistorische analyse, Antwerp 1989, cat.no. 903, ill.).
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De pachteres: the tenant
Details
Gustave de Smet (1877-1943)
De pachteres: the tenant
signed 'Gust. De Smet' (lower right)
chalk and pastel on paper
62 x 56 cm.
Executed circa 1933.
De pachteres: the tenant
signed 'Gust. De Smet' (lower right)
chalk and pastel on paper
62 x 56 cm.
Executed circa 1933.
Literature
P. Boyens, Gust. De Smet, Kroniek-Kunsthistorische analyse, Antwerpen 1989, cat.no. 900, ill., as: Vrouwenhoofd (Pachteres).
Exhibited
Kortrijk, Bank Brussel Lambert, Belangrijke meesters van de Latemse school, 18 December 1981-14 January 1982, cat.no. 33, as: Jonge boerin.
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