A Singular Portrait by Gustave Van de Woestyne

Published on 23 February 2024, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 13 March 2024 - 15:00 (CET) - 164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine

This 1920 painting of Adrienne De Zutter illustrates the intersecting cultures that shaped the work of this unique painter.

Gustave Van de Woestyne (1881-1947), Adrienne De Zutter with Her Violin, 1920, canvas... A Singular Portrait by Gustave Van de Woestyne

Gustave Van de Woestyne (1881-1947), Adrienne De Zutter with Her Violin, 1920, canvas signed and dedicated "To Adrienne De Zutter", signed with his initials and dated "1920" on the back, 208 x 110 cm/82 x 43.3 in.
Estimate: €80,000/120,000

This large, full-length portrait in pearly tones is of a Belgian socialite posing with the instrument she had to play. Adrienne De Zutter with Her Violin , painted in 1920 by Gustave Van de Woestyne, shows the daughter of Ghent textile industrialist Charles De Zutter and his wife Marguerite Taelman. Spectacular, this serious yet slightly surreal figure is typical of the artist’s style.…

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