Paul Delvaux, La Légende Égyptienne

Property from a Private Collection, Europe
Paul Delvaux
1897 - 1994
La Légende Égyptienne

Signed P. Delvaux and dated 11-53 (lower right)
Oil on panel
47¼ by 58⅞ in.
120 by 149.5 cm
Painted in November 1953.

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Provenance:
M. Toussaint, Brussels

Obelisk Gallery, London

Private Collection, London (acquired from the above and sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 25, 1961, lot 95)

Caroline & Erwin Swann, Pennsylvania (acquired at the above sale and sold: Sotheby's, London, December 10, 1969, lot 90)

Francis Peter, Brussels (acquired at the above sale)

Sale: Palais Galliéra, Paris, June 11, 1974, lot 65

Brook Street Gallery, London

The Ishizuka Research Institute, Tokyo (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Europe (and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 24, 2003, lot 172)

Acquired at the above sale