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Firmin BAES (1874-1943)
The old farmer, 1942
360 x 260 mm (view) | 55 x 45 cm (framed)
Conté crayon and pastels on paper
Signed and dated l.r.: 'Firmin Baes / 1942'
and annotated with a dedication: 'Très cordial souvenir / à mademoiselle Nelly'
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Brussels.
RELATED WORKS:
The present sheet is closely related to an illustration in the artist's memoirs: "Histoires de Peintres: raccontées et illustrées par Firmin Baes", Brussels: Librairie Générale, 1941. The model represented here, and described in his autobiography as the 'Old Peasant', is represented in several of Baes' most accomplished compositions.
CONDITION:
Excellent.
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