Lot 64
  • 64

RIK WOUTERS | Femme couchée (recto-verso)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • Rik Wouters
  • Femme couchée (recto-verso)
  • ink on paper
  • 29,5 x 44 cm ; 11 5/8 x 17 1/4 in. (visible dimensions)

Provenance

Nel Wouters (the artist's widow)
Jean Vanderlinden, Brasschaat (acquired from the above)
Philippe Vanderlinden, Brasschaat
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, affixed to the overmount with tape along the upper edge. There are tape remnants to the all four edges. There is a paper loss to the left part of the lower edge with an associated small tear (approx. 0.8 cm long). There is a vertical fold to the centre of the composition, probably original. There is mount staining along the extreme edges of both recto and verso. There are some scattered dots of foxing and some light staining on both recto and verso. This work is in fairly good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Olivier Bertrand and it will be included in the Catalogue raisonné des Œuvres sur papier de Rik Wouters.