Lot 476
  • 476

Léon Spilliaert

Estimate
50,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Léon Spilliaert
  • MARINE, LE SOIR
  • signed L. Spilliaert (lower right) and dated 1923 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 72.5 by 101cm., 28 1/2 by 39 3/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie d'Art Le Centaure, Brussels
Mme Jean Krebs, Brussels
Sale: Christie's, London, 20th October 1988, lot 27
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Brussels, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Ixelles, Rétrospective Le Centaur, 1963, no. 119, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

The canvas is not lined.There is a nailhead-sized spot of retouching to the centre left above the horizon with some pinhead-sized spots running across the centre left of the sky. There is a nailhead-sized spot of retouching to the centre of the right edge, a nailhead-sized spot towards the centre right edge above the horizon and some scattered pinhead-sized spots towards the top right corner. This work is in good condition. Colours: Overall richer and deeper.
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