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Piccadilly Circus
Details
Léon de Smet (1881-1966)
Piccadilly Circus
signed and dated 'LÉON DE SMET 1918' (lower right)
oil on burlap
27 7/8 x 40 1/2 in. (71 x 102.3 cm.)
Painted in 1918
Piccadilly Circus
signed and dated 'LÉON DE SMET 1918' (lower right)
oil on burlap
27 7/8 x 40 1/2 in. (71 x 102.3 cm.)
Painted in 1918
Provenance
Private collection, Norway, by whom acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent to the present owner in 2003.
Special Notice
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