Gallery overview
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Pierre Alechinsky L'invention de la brouette (1974)
Acrylic on paper on canvas - Sig. and sig. on the reverse "Sundsvall (S) 1974" with title - 154 x 228 cm - Labels on the reverseProvenance Gal. Van de Loo, München
Simoens Gal., Antwerp
ALECHINSKY - FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS
"Would I start? Would I start with small lines, small crosses, small dots, with a big thing going from there to there, with a big spot that would watch me, with an idea? Would I start by stroking the canvas because I dream its already finished? No, I'm starting." (Alechinsky, Paris, September 1953)
And so Alechinsky starts this extraordinary work. He casually follows his feeling while he applies the acrylic to the canvas. The artist gives free rein to his hand: sometimes the lines are calm and elegant in warm ocher, sometimes he applies brusque, heavy brush strokes in bright blue and green. It is this same hand that tells Alechinskys fantastic stories and gives expression to the world as he experiences it. The result is a painting bursting with spontaneous energy. The gesture is explicitly present as an expressive tool, reminiscent of American abstract expressionism rather than of Cobra
The painting is a joyful color play evoking instant delight and cheerfulness. But coincidence and the subconscious also have an important role: the images veiled by the splendor of color are not at all unambiguous. Fortunately Alechinsky also loves to play with language, as illustrated by the poetic title which pushes us more or less in the direction of the paintings story. Furthermore, we, as spectator, are challenged to use our own creativity and thus contribute to the creation of the final image. The image of the artist also becomes the image of the viewer.
"Linvention de la brouette" is the title of this oeuvre majeure so to say in the words of the artist himself. Alechinsky does not make it easy for us as viewers. We can indeed see some wheels. Do the lines form a wheelbarrow? Does the mysterious head at the bottom represent the inventor? Maybe the artist wants to tell us about the invention of the wheel and he mingles title and image as a totum pro parte. Or maybe there is another approach that has to do with Alechinsky's trip to Lapland in 1974, where he makes this painting in the studio of his friend Bengt Lindström in Sundsvall (Sweden). The local stories and legends - which he loves so much - have certainly reached his ears and must have when creating this image. After all, it is up to the viewer and his imagination to complete the story. -
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César (César Baldaccini) Buste aux jambes fines (1959/88)
Sculpture - Bronze - Dark brown patina - Sig. - With inscription "bocquel" - Ex. nr. 1/8 - 99 x 27,5 x 37 cmLiterature "César. Catalogue Raisonné. Vol. I 1947-1964" Denyse Durand-Ruel, Éditions de la Différence, Paris 1994, cf. nr. 258 reprod. Provenance Gal. Sabine Wachters, Knokke-Heist -
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Koen Vanmechelen Untitled
Feathers, coffee, grain, egg yolk, Indonesian powder, chalk and pencil on paper - 160 x 200 cm - Unframed - Label on the reverseProvenance Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem -
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Niki de Saint Phalle Nana Vase (ca. 1985)
Sculpture - Resin - Painted - Signature stamp "Niki" - With stamp "Plastiques d'art R. Haligon" - Ex. nr. 33/150 - 47 x 31,5 x 30 cm -
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Jean-Michel Folon Je me souviens (2003)
Sculpture - Bronze - Brown-red patina - Sig. - With stamp "Bronze Romain & Fils" - In an edition of 50 - 51 x 71 x 41 cmLiterature "Folon. Sculpturen" Ed. Snoeck, Ghent 2008, cf. p. 206-207 reprod. of a larger version -
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Otto Piene Feuer und Rauch (1962)
Ballpoint and papier brûlé - Sig. '62 - 30,5 x 23 cmProvenance Ad Libitum Gal., Antwerp -
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Jo Delahaut Tension n°1 (1979)
Oil on canvas - Sig. and sig. on the reverse 1979 with title - 129 x 96 cm -
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Jan Fabre Gravetomb cross: Spektor (2000-1)
Sculpture - Jewel beetles, wood, ballpoint ink - In plexi box - 197 x 47 x 7 cmLiterature "Homo Faber" Bart De Baere and others, Mercatorfonds, Antwerp 2006, cf. p. 345 reprod.
"Jan Fabre au Louvre. L'ange de la métamorphose" Marie-Laure Bernadac and others, Gallimard/Musée du Louvre Éd., Paris 2008, cf. p. 182-183 & 185 reprod.
"Jan Fabre. Hortus/Corpus" Stefan Hertmans & Evert van Straeten, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo/NAj Publ., Rotterdam 2011, cf. p. 130-131 & 133 reprod. Provenance Deweer Gal., Otegem -
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Master of the Prodigal Son The Adoration of the Shepherds
Oil on panel - 109 x 78 cmLiterature "L'Atelier du Maître du Fils Prodigue" Georges Marlier, Yearbook K.M.S.K. Antwerp 1961, p. 109 nr. 10 (record of this work) Provenance Auction Van Herck, Antwerp 15/03/1954, auction 77 cat. nr. 24 reprod. (listed there as identified by Max Friedländer) -
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César De Cock The banks of the river Epte, Normandie (ca. 1875)
Oil on canvas - Sig. - 43 x 63 cmLiterature To be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné by Mr. Richard Comyn -
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Constantin Meunier L'enfant prodigue ou le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) (1895)
Sculpture - Bronze - Dark brown patina - On a green marble base - Sig. - With inscription "Atelier/59 rue l'abbaye" - 44 x 41 x 20,5 cmExhibition "Exposition de l'oeuvre de Constantin Meunier" KUL, Leuven 1909, cf. nr. 14
"Constantin Meunier" Chicago 1913-14, cf. nr. 11
"Ausstellung Alter und Neuer Belgischer Kunst" Kunstmuseum und Kunsthalle, Bern 1926, cf. nr. 158
"Exposition Constantin Meunier" Gal. Breckpot, Brussels 1927, cf. nr. 3 Literature "Hommage à Constantin Meunier" Sura Levine & Françoise Urban, Gal. Maurice Tzwern, Brussels 1998, cf. cat. nr. 19 reprod.
"Constantin Meunier. Sa vie, son oeuvre" Micheline Jerome-Schotsmans, Olivier Bertrand Éditions, 2012, cf. nr. 112 reprod. -
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Léon Frédéric Mother and child (1900)
Oil on canvas - Sig. 1900 - 94 x 118,5 cmExhibition "Salon de l'Art Contemporain. XXXe Anniversaire de la Société" Brussels 1935, nr. 166 Literature Included in the catalogue raisonné by Georges Frédéric, son of the artist, nr. 324 -
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Raoul Larche Loïe Fuller (ca. 1900)
Sculpture - Table lamp - Bronze - Gilded brown patina - Sig. - With stamp "Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris" and nr. J201 - 46 x 26 x 24 cmLiterature "Les bronzes du XIXe siècle" Pierre Kjellberg, cf. p. 413 -
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Georges Lemmen Dahlias and zinnias (1903)
Oil on panel - Monogram 1903 - 41,5 x 60,5 cm - Artist label on the reverseLiterature The authenticity was confirmed to us by Mr. Olivier Bertrand and this work will be included in the online catalogue raisonné. -
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George Minne The man with the water bag (1897)
Sculpture - Bronze - Dark brown patina - Sig. - 64 x 42,5 x 27,5 cmLiterature "George Minne" Leo van Puyvelde, Collection Les Contemporains, Brussels 1930, cf. nr. 23 Pl21
"George Minne en de kunst rond 1900" MvSK, Ghent 1982, exhibition cat., cf. nr. 59 p. 132-133
"George Minne: Das Frühwerk und seine Rezeption in Deutschland und Österreich bis zum Ersten Welt-krieg" Inga Rossi-Schrimpf, Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften, Weimar 2012, cf. cat. nr. P17 p. 370-371 (reprod. of another copy) -
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Modest Huys Springtime in Brakel (1908)
Oil on canvas - Sig. and sig. on the reverse "Brakel mei 1908" - 75 x 125,5 cm -
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Théo Van Rysselberghe Pièce d'eau à Mazargues, après-midi (1924)
Oil on canvas - Monogram 1924 - 65 x 81 cmExhibition "Théo Van Rysselberghe" Gal. Georges Giroux, Brussels 1926, nr. 41 Literature "Théo Van Rysselberghe. Catalogue raisonné" Ronald Feltkamp, Les Éditions de l'amateur/ Éditions Racine, Brussels 2003, cf. nr. P-006 reprod. of the larger version (152 x 175 cm)
To be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné by Mr. Olivier Bertrand -
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Anna Boch Falaises roses dans le Midi (ca. 1910-12)
Oil on canvas - Sig. - 48 x 73,5 cm -
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Jenny Montigny Children playing in the schoolyard, Deurle
Oil on canvas - Sig. and sig. on the reverse - 45,5 x 71,5 cmProvenance owned by the family of the present owner for approx. 50 years -
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Jean Brusselmans Woman with a cat (ca. 1920)
Colour woodcut hand coloured in watercolour - Sig. "Jean" in print - 50 x 49,5 cm (sheet)Literature "Jean Brusselmans" Robert-L. Delevoy, Catalogue Raisonné established by G. Brys-Schatan, Ed. Laconti Brussels 1972, cf. cat. nr. 545 A reprod. (another copy)
"Retrospectieve Jean Brusselmans" Groeningemuseum, Bruges 1980, cf. cat. nr. 383 (another copy) Provenance coll. Armand Brusselmans -
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Ossip Zadkine Béatitude (1939)
Sculpture - Bronze - Cire perdue - Black patina - Monogram "O.Z. '39" - Ex. nr. 2/8 - With inscription "Susse Fondeur Paris" - 21,5 x 54 x 21,5 cmExhibition "Ossip Zadkine" Gal. Schmit, Paris 1970, cf. nr. 49 reprod.
"Ossip Zadkine" Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York 1971, cf. nr. 36 reprod.
"Ossip Zadkine" Gal. Conkright, Caracas 1972, cf. nr. 15 reprod.
"Ossip Zadkine" Artcurial, Paris 1979 Literature "Zadkine. Catalogue Raisonné des sculptures" Ionel Jianou, Éd. Arted, Paris 1979, cf. cat. nr. 475, Pl. 62 reprod.
"Ossip Zadkine. L'Oeuvre sculpté" Sylvain Lecombre, Éd. Paris-Musées 1994, cf. cat. nr. 319 -
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Paul Delvaux Jeunes filles au chapeau (1951)
Watercolour and pen drawing on paper on cardboard - Sig. 1951 - 39 x 50,5 cm - Label on the reverse Gallery Veranneman, BrusselsProvenance Gal. Veranneman, Brussels, acquired there by the previous owner -
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George Grard Le printemps (1947)
Sculpture - Bronze - Brown-green patina - Sig. - Ex. nr. E.A. III/III - With stamp "Art Foundry Ghysels Belgium" - 123 x 106 x 80 cmLiterature "George Grard. Monografie/Oeuvre-Catalogus" Stichting George Grard, Ed. Stichting Kunstboek 1995, cf. cat. nr. 105 -
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Henri-Victor Wolvens Vive la vie! (ca. 1962)
Oil on panel - diptych - Sig. with text - 200,5 x 307 cm (tot.) -
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Jean Dewasne Europe-Flash
Enamel on hardboard on panel - Sig. on the reverse with title - 49,5 x 64,5 cm - UnframedLiterature Mr. Gérard Galby has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work Provenance Gal. Sabine Wachters, Knokke-Heist -
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Roel D'Haese Le sabre de mon père (My father's saber) (1969)
Sculpture - Lost wax - Unique - Gold (18ct) - Sig. 1969 with title - Ex. nr. 1/1 - With stamps "edelsmid en gieterij Wim Ibens, Wuustwezel" - 15 x 10,5 x 6 cmExhibition "Roel D'Haese, 49 beeldjes in goud (1968-71)" Lens Fine Arts, Antwerp 1971 Literature "Roel D'Haese. Sculpturen-Sculptures" Catalogue Raisonné, Various authors, Lannoo, Tielt 2007, p. 60-61 -
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Amédée Cortier Black-white-red (ca. 1971)
Acrylic on paper on hardboard - Sig. - 67 x 49 cm -
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Marcel Broodthaers Moi aussi je me suis demandé ... (I, too, wondered whether I could not sell something...) (1964)
Bookprint recto-verso on a sheet from a women's magazine - 25,2 x 33,6 cm - UnframedLiterature "Marcel Broodthaers" Jeu de Paume, Paris 1991, exhibition cat. p.56-57 reprod. & reprod. on the cover
"Marcel Broodthaers Collected Writings" Gloria Moure, Ed. Poligrafìa, Spain 2012, cf. p. 139 reprod.
"Marcel Broodthaers. A Retrospective" MOMA, New York; Reina Sofia, Madrid 2016, exhibition cat. p. 80-81 reprod.
"Les mots et les images" Ronny Van de Velde, Knokke 2016, p. 80-83 reprod. -
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Roger Raveel Op stap met een tekenblad (Going out with a sheet of drawing paper) (1965)
Oil on canvas - Sig. '65 - 203 x 150 cm - Exhibition labels on the reverseExhibition "Roger Raveel" PvSK, Brussels 1966, exhibition cat. nr. 50
Documenta IV, Kassel 1968
"Roger Raveel" Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster 1983
"De wonderlijke werkelijkheid van Roger Raveel - Het vroege werk" Cobra Museum, Amstelveen 2004 Literature "Het verschrikkelijke mooie leven. Roger Raveel. Schilderijen 1934-1967" Bernard Dewulf, Octave Scheire & Hans Sizoo, Ludion/Cera Foundation, Ghent 2003, nr. 350, p. 170 reprod.
"Roger Raveel en de Nieuwe Visie" Marc Ruyters, Ed. Snoeck, Ghent 2006, p. 249 reprod.
"Roger Raveel. Het overzicht. Schilderijen 1934-2013" Octave Scheire and others, Ludion, Antwerp 2013, p. 131 reprod. and reprod. on the coverbox -
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Ulrich Rückriem Untitled (1990)
Graphite on tracing papier - 70 x 100 cm - Label on the reverse Gal. Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris -
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Takesada Matsutani Untitled (1989)
Graphite, ink and charcoal on paper - Sig. 1989-8-6 F - 121 x 80 cm -
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Jo Delahaut Ouverture n°4 (1973)
Oil on canvas and wooden frame - Sig. on the reverse 1973 with title - 145 x 112 x 6cm (total) - Exhibition labels on the reverseExhibition "Biennale de la critique 1972-73/1973-74" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi; Kunst- en Cultureel Centrum, Ghent 1975
"100 jaar Campo" Campo & Campo, Antwerp 1997 Provenance Gal. Dobbelhoef, Kessel -
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Pol Spilliaert In 't midden van de tuin (In the middle of the garden ) (1998)
Sculpture - White marble - Monogram and at the bottom 1998 - 85 x 45 x 35 cmLiterature "Pol Spilliaert" Jaak Fontier, Lannoo, Tielt 2005, cf. p. 73 reprod. of the couple in bronze -
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Roger Somville Au Congrès (1982)
Acrylic on canvas - Sig. and sig. on the reverse with title - 114 x 146 cm -
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Rebecca Horn Ohne Titel (1984)
Sculpture - Object - Peacock feather, gouache and white chalk - Sig. '84 with title H.C. 1 (next to 10 numbered editions) - 97,5 x 55 x 2,5 cm -
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Jef Verheyen Spiegel (Mirror) (1957)
Mosaic - Ceramic and mirror - Sig. '57 - 74,5 x 64 x 2 cmExhibition "Retrospectieve Jef Verheyen" PMMK, Ostend; Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop (DE) 1994, exhibition cat. 5, p. 7 reprod. (rotated 180°) Literature this work was registered by the Jef Verheyen archive -
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Stephan Balkenhol Männlicher Torso (2011)
Sculpture - Bronze - Patinated and painted - On a resin base - Sig. "St. Balkenhol 2011 / -03-" at the bottom - 42,5 x 23,5 x 16 cm -
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Luc Tuymans Fenêtres (2012)
Portfolio of 7 digital prints - On Hahnemühle paper - Sig. in pencil 1x - Monogram 6x - Ex. nr. 38/50 - 30 x 22 cm (print)Literature "Luc Tuymans Graphic Works 1989-2012" Manfred Sellink & Tommy Simoens, Ed. Ludion, 2012, cf. nr. 63.2 -
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Patrick Van Caeckenbergh De berg - The mountain (1987)
Offset print, collage, felt-tip pen and blue ink on canvas - Sig. on the reverse januari 1987 with title - 120 x 140 cmProvenance Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
