signedoil on paperExecuted in 1957.

Private Collection, Belgium

M. de Kerchove d'Ousselghem & S. Goyens de Heusch, René Guiette, Fonds Mercator, 1991, p. 263, n° 934, illustrated

Please note that this work was inspected framed. The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration, although it does not convey the texture, the scraping and relief visible in the original work. This work is in very good condition.
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