LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

25.20 in. (64.00 cm.) (height) by 29.92 in. (76.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated Emile Claus / Londen 18 lower right; signed and dated on the reverse Emile Claus / January 1918

Exhibited:

Possibly, Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Exposition Emile Claus, 1921, no. 10 (as Le Soleil doré, apparentenant à M. de G.). Possibly, Ghent, Salon de Gand, 1925, no. 107 (as Le Soleil doré)

Literature:

Unpublished letter from Emile Claus to Adrien de Gerlache, 6 August 1919, in the Archives d'art contemporain, MRBAB, Brussels, mentioned

Provenance:

Adrien de Gerlache (a gift from the artist). Thence by descent to the present owner, grandson of the above