Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming Spilliaert catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Anne Adriaens-Pannier.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BELGIAN COLLECTION
Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946)
Le bain
Details
Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946)
Le bain
signed and dated 'L.Spilliaert 1917' (lower right) and signed 'L.Spilliaert' (upper right)
pastel, wax crayon, pencil and grattage on paper
26¼ x 20 3/8 in. (66.5 x 51.8 cm.)
Executed in 1917
Le bain
signed and dated 'L.Spilliaert 1917' (lower right) and signed 'L.Spilliaert' (upper right)
pastel, wax crayon, pencil and grattage on paper
26¼ x 20 3/8 in. (66.5 x 51.8 cm.)
Executed in 1917
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 1990s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 1990s.
Literature
F.-C. Legrand, Léon Spilliaert et son époque, Brussels, 1981, no. 152 (illustrated p. 207 & fig. 57).
Exhibited
Brussels, Galeries Georges Giroux, Cercle des Quinze, March 1919, no. 71.
Ixelles, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Spilliaert, March - June 1961, no. 79.
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand-Palais, Léon Spilliaert, September - November 1981, no. 78 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Brussels, Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique.
Newport Beach, Harbor Art Museum, Flemish Expressions, Representational Painting in the 20th Century, December 1986 - February 1987, no. 100; this exhibition later travelled to Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Art.
Ixelles, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Spilliaert, March - June 1961, no. 79.
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand-Palais, Léon Spilliaert, September - November 1981, no. 78 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Brussels, Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique.
Newport Beach, Harbor Art Museum, Flemish Expressions, Representational Painting in the 20th Century, December 1986 - February 1987, no. 100; this exhibition later travelled to Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Art.
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