FRITS VAN DEN BERGHE | L'Accident

Sale: Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels, 1932, no. 88
Galerie La Madeleine, Brussels
Maurice Schelck, Brussels (probably)
Georges Remi (Hergé), Brussels
Private collection, Brussels

Paris, Galerie Alice Manteau, 25 œuvres nouvelles de Frits van den Berghe, 1928
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode, Hôtel Charlier, Rétrospective Frits Van den Berghe, 1970, no. 33, illustrated in the catalogue

Emile Langui, Frits dan den Berghe 1883-1939, Catalogue raisonné de son œuvre peint, Brussels, 1966, no. 264 bis, illustrated np.
Piet Boyens, Frits van den Berghe 1883-1939, Antwerp, 1999, no. 539, illustrated p. 430

Executed on paper laid down on panel, the extreme edges are unevenly cut. There is a line of intermittent small holes (approx. 19 cm long) to the lower right corner associated with paint and paper losses and with dots of retouching visible under UV light. There is no evidence of further retouching visible under UV light. There are a few superficial scratches, accretions and flattened creases in areas. This work is in overall fairly good condition.
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