FERNAND KHNOPFF (BELGIAN, 1858-1921)

FERNAND KHNOPFF (BELGIAN, 1858-1921)
Les Caresses
signed 'FERNAND KHNOPFF' (lower centre)
graphite, crayon and wash on tracing paper, circle
11 5/8 in. (27cm.) diameter
Executed circa 1905-10.

Provenance
Estate of the artist.
with Kunstsalon J. Littauer, Munich.
Princely Collection of Thurn und Taxis, Regensburg sale; Sotheby's, Regensburg, 16 October 1993, lot 3229.
Acquired at the above sale by a private collector.
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 November 2000, lot 44.
Acquired at the above sale by a private collector.
Purchased from the above by private treaty on 8 March 2005 by the present owner.