Felix LABISSE 1905-1982 The explorer - 1944 Oil... Lot 102

Felix LABISSE 1905-1982 The explorer - 1944 Oil on canvas Signed lower left "LABISSE." 130 x 97 cm (51.18 x 38.19 in.) Provenance : Dr Hoelens Collection, Brussels Collection David Van Boeckel, Ostend Galerie de Seine, Paris Mr. and Mrs. K. Collection To the present owners by descent Exhibitions : Paris, Salon d'Automne (renamed Salon de la Libération), 1944 Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Young French Painting, 1945 Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Retrospective, Félix Labisse, February-March 1969 Brussels, Galerie Govaerts, Homage to P.G. Van Hecke, 1969, reproduced in black and white Münich, Haus der Kunst, Surrealismus, 1972, reproduced in black and white Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Le Surréalisme, June-September 1972, n°225, reproduced in black and white, Paris, Galerie de Seine, Collection Fantôme, 1973, reproduced in color p.21 Rotterdam, Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Félix Labisse Retrospective, 1973, reproduced in color Ostend, Kursaal d'Ostende, Retrospective 50 years of painting, 1979 (according to a label on the back) Bibliography: In La Marseillaise, Paris, 1944, reproduced in black and white In Zondagstpost, Brussels, 1945, reproduced in black and white R. Desnos, Félix Labisse, Edition Sequana, Paris, 1945, reproduced in black and white P. Waldeberg, Félix Labisse, Edition A. De Rache, Brussels, 1970, reproduced in color p.74 In Valeurs Actuelles, Paris, July 24, 1972, reproduced in black and white Labisse, catalog raisonné de l'oeuvre peint 1927-1979, Isy Brachot Editeur, 1979, n°184, reproduced in black and white p.103 Comment: The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Isy Brachot and Jean Binder. Oil on canvas; signed lower left