Lot 66
  • 66

Gustave de Smet

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gustave de Smet
  • De stal
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 42 by 54 cm.
  • Painted in 1936.

Provenance

Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer, Amsterdam, no. 10179, in 1973

Literature

Piet Boyens, Gustave de Smet, Kroniek-Kunsthistorische Analyse, Antwerp 1989, no.1033, illustrated

Condition

Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a faint stretcher mark running parallel to the top edge. There are some very light canvas draw in the top and bottom right corners. There is a tiny indentation to the centre of the top left hand quadrant on the left hand edge. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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