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Lot 383: LIES, Joseph 3 sheets recto verso, with 5 watercolours and 1 drawing. C. 18

Est: €150 EUR - €200 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumOctober 19, 2019

Item Overview

Description

LIES, Joseph 3 sheets recto verso, with 5 watercolours and 1 drawing. C. 1858 13 x 19 cm, laid paper, unsigned, with ms. notes relating to colours, etc. Stuck by edges and attributed to Lies on passe-partout. Two of these watercolours are preparatory works for "Les maux de la guerre" [The evils of war] (oil on wood, 87,5x 150 cm; Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, inv. 2666): the red-haired rider turning to left (right side of the painting) and the soldier guiding the oxen (left side). The other subjects are: man on the porch of his house, architecture studies, historic scene with a man standing in front of another one sitting from behind. Studies of faces in graphite pencil, on the verso of 1 sheet. The Belgian Romantic painter, draughtsman and engraver Lies (Antwerp 1821-1865) worked in a wide range of genres including history painting, landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, etc., and enjoyed a European-wide reputation during his lifetime. Joined, same artist: Young woman seated. Drawing, black stone, 22,5 x 14,5 cm, vellum paper, unsigned. Stuck by upper edge under passe-partout. (4 sheets)

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Auction Details

Prints & Master drawings: Old and Modern

by
Arenberg Auctions
October 19, 2019, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

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