Henri Evenepoel

Sophie Fraikin-Devis, Brussels (aunt of the artist)
Blanche Marie Verhaeren-Fraikin, Brussels (by descent from the above)
Renée Belliére-Verhaeren, Brussels (by descent from the above)
Jacques Belliére, Brussels (by descent from the above)
Sale: De Vuyst, Lokeren, 8th December 2001, lot 446
Purchased at the above sale by the late owner

Brussels, Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, Exposition d' œuvres de Henri Evenepoel, 1923-24, no. 112
Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Henri Evenepoel, 1932, no. 1
Brussels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Henri Evenepoel, 1942-43, no. 37
Charleroi, Salle de la Bourse, Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, XXIIe Salon, 1948, no. 14
Anvers, Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Evenepoel, 1953, no. 2

Henri Kerels, La Retrospective Henri Evenepoel au Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts d'Anvers in: 'La Lanterne', Brussels, 14th July 1953, no. 161, illustrated p. 4
André Rieux, Les Arts Plastiques. A la découverte d'un peintre. Evenepoel au Musée d'Anvers in: 'Germinal', Brussels, 19th July 1953, no. 193, illustrated p. 13
Marie Jeanne Chartrain-Hebbelinck, Henri Evenepoel face à Manet in: 'Revue belge d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Art,' Brussels, LIV, 1985, illustrated p. 75
Danielle Derrey-Capon, 'Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint', in Henri Evenepoel, Brussels, 1994, no. 8, illustrated pp. 19 & 215

The canvas is lined. There is a thick milky varnish preventing UV light from fully penetrating. However, UV examination reveals a few spots of retouching towards the thick white pigment in the upper left corner and a few further tiny spots scattered intermittently along the lower edge. There are a few fine lines of stable craquelure in places to the thicker pigments and a tiny spot of paint loss to the cat towards the lower left corner and some spots to the green bottle to the centre of the lower edge. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition.
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A lithograph of Fernand Khnopff's Affiche de la huitième exposition des XX (detail) is visible on the left background wall, which also features in a portrait of Evenepoel's father Edmond dated circa 1894.