48 - △ Paul Delvaux

△ Paul Delvaux (Wanze, 1897 – Furnes, 1994) Le Laid 1962 Drypoint Signed in graphite in the lower right margin Numbered on the left E/A Image: 36 × 29 cm; sheet (visible area): 44 × 35 cm; with frame: 76 × 62.5 cm Paul Delvaux illustrated *Le Pays des miroirs*—a collection of three tales written by Claude Spaak and published in Paris in 1962—with 16 engravings. A set of proofs donated by the author to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in 1965 is preserved there under inventory number Inv. 7349 / 1-16. The one shown here is the second illustration created by Paul Delvaux for the tale “Le Laid.” Littérature Mira Jacob, Paul Delvaux: Engraved Works, Monaco, A. Sauret, 1976 Philippe Levesqueau, “A Secret Garden in Choisel,” Echos de Choisel, No. 72, January 2022, pp. 28–29