Lot Essay
Balle and Dotremont were very good friends and visited each other regularly. They made several works together of which the present lot is one of the largest examples.
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Mogens Balle (DANISH, 1921-1988) and Christian Dotremont (BELGIAN, 1922-1979)
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signed by both artists with initials 'MB CD' (lower left), and signed again by Dotremont and with the artist's stamp, dated and inscribed wiht title '1956' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
113 x 146 cm.
Painted in 1956.
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signed by both artists with initials 'MB CD' (lower left), and signed again by Dotremont and with the artist's stamp, dated and inscribed wiht title '1956' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
113 x 146 cm.
Painted in 1956.
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Please note that this lot has been illustrated as lot 202 in the printed catalogue.