Eugène Leroy

Collection particulière, Belgique

Oostende, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, E.Dodeigne - E. Leroy, 1991; catalogue, p.32, illustré en couleurs

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. The work is executed on panel. Two tiny (less than 0,2 cm each) losses of paint located at the extremity of the upper and lower left corners are only visible under very close inspection. Under UV light, there is no evidence of any retouching. This work is in excellent condition.
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"Je trouvais là des images brunes comme champs, comme pierre, comme bois, comme mousse, comme senteur. Une simple composition hollandaise avec une accumulation inouïe de couleurs... Comme si tous les pantalons du peintre étaient suspendus à un crochet et racontaient l'histoire d'un chef-d'oeuvre inconnu." (Georg Baselitz, propos à l'occasion de l'exposition monographique d'Eugène Leroy en 1961 à la galerie Claude Bernard, Paris).