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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 3, 2015 | Sotheby's | Paris | Art Impressionniste et Moderne | 23 | $****** - ****** | La Buveuse D’absinthe |
Works on Paper
105 x 77 cm (41.34 x 30.31 in)
watercolor, gouache, india ink, wash and colored chalk on paper
signed Léon Spilliaert and dated 1907 (upper right)
Wilfried & Paul Van Houtte, Ostend. Sale : Oud-Ostende, Estate of M. Paul Van Houtte, 1960s.
Private Collection, Belgium (acquired before 1975). Thence by descent.
Antwerp, Galerij Campo, Spilliaert, 1965, no. 20. Ostend, Galerij Onze Schilders, Léon Spilliaert, 1967, no. 106. Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles, Léon Spilliaert, 1972, no. 19. Helsinki, Kluuvin Galleria, Léon Spilliaert 1881-1946, 1975, no. 8. Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Léon Spilliaert, 1977, no. 9. Washington, The Phillips Collection & New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Léon Spilliaert, Symbol and Expression in 20th century Belgian art, 1980, no. 10. Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais & Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Léon Spilliaert 1881-1946, 1981-2, no. 18, reproduit p. 69. Lisbon, Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Galeria de Exposiçoes Temporariás, Léon Spilliaert, 1984, n.n. Winnipeg, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Léon Spilliaert 1881-1946, 1985, no. 10. Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Pastelle und Zeichnungen des belgischen Symbolismus, 1988, n.n. Ostend, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Van Ensor tot Delvaux : Ensor, Spilliaert, Permeke, Magritte, Delvaux, 1996-97, n.n. Paris, Musée-Galerie de la Seita, Spilliaert : œuvres de jeunesse, 1900-1918, Paris, 1997, n.n. Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Léon Spilliaert : Un esprit libre, 2006, no. 53
Bruno Toscano, Simbolismo e intimismo fine secolo, Milan, 1966, no. 274. Francine-Claire Legrand, The Symbolist Movement, New York, 1980, illustrated p. 32. Francine-Claire Legrand, Léon Spilliaert et son époque, Antwerp, 1981, illustrated p. 127. Xavier Tricot, Léon Spilliaert, les années 1900-1915, Ghent, 1996, illustrated p. 163. Anne Adriaens-Pannier & Norbert Hostyn, Spilliaert, Paris, 1996, illustrated pp. 75-75. Anne Adriaens-Pannier, Spilliaert, Brussels, 1998, illustrated p. 67. Anne Adriaens-Pannier, Spilliaert, le regard de l'âme, Brussels, 2006, no. 104, illustrated p. 82
