La descente de croix - study

Details

Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)
La descente de croix - study
signed and dated 'P. Delvaux/1949.' (lower right)
ink and wash on paper
48 x 37.5 cm.
Executed in 1948-1949.

Provenance

New Smith Gallery, Brussels.
Barry Miller, London.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 December 1977, lot 163.
Galerie Govaerts, Brussels.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, after 1977.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Drawn in 1948-1949 as one of the preliminary studies for the large triptych in the former collection of The Scheringa Museum of Realist Art, Spanbroek (see: M. Butor (a.o.), Paul Delvaux, Brussels, 1975, no. 197), which has been sold at Christie's, London, King Street, 6 February 2013, lot 105.

The Fondation Delvaux has confirmed the authenticity of this drawing after first hand examination.

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