Live Auction 15930Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)
Lot 190

Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)

Nu couché

Closed21 June 2018

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GBP 8,000–12,000

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Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)
Nu couché
signed 'P. Delvaux' and indistinctly inscribed (upper centre of image); inscribed and dated '18-9-69' (on the other half of the sheet)
watercolour and pen and ink on the artist's letterhead paper
image: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (13.5 x 21.5 cm.)
sheet: 10 5/8 x 16 7/8 in. (27 x 43 cm.)
Executed circa 1969

Private collection, a gift from the artist.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1984, lot 371.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The Fondation Paul Delvaux has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Nu couché was executed by Paul Delvaux on a letter dated 18 September 1969 that the artist had written on his letterhead paper to Messieurs Peney and Gibey, a journalist and a photographer who collaborated on an article about the artist published in Paris-Match.