Aurore. Femme et locomotive

Details

Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946)
Aurore. Femme et locomotive
signed 'L. Spilliaert' (lower left); dated '1925' (lower right)
goauche, wash and ink on paper
21 7/8 x 16 in. (55.6 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance

with Campo & Campo, Antwerp.
with Galerie Tzwern-Aisinber Fine Arts, Brussels.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 31 May 1995, lot 405, as Femme à la locomotive.
Chantal (b. 1938) and Guy (1938-2012) Heytens, Monte Carlo.
Private collection, Brussels.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 26 March 2014, lot 32.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, Vlaamse Kunst te Amsterdam, January 1978, no. 128, as Vrouw en locomotief.

Lot Essay

For a note on this artist, please see lot 125.

We are grateful to Dr. Anne Adriaens-Pannier for confirming this authenticity of this work, which will be included in her forthcoming Léon Spilliaert catalogue raisonné now in preparation.

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