50 - △ Paul Delvaux

△ Paul Delvaux (Wanze, 1897 – Furnes, 1994) La Sirène September 1969 Color lithograph, artist’s proof with wide margins Signed in graphite in the lower right margin Numbered on the left E/A Dated on the reverse in the stone at the bottom left 9-69 Image: 31 × 23.5 cm; sheet: 45 × 36 cm; with frame: 48 × 39 cm This copy is one of the rare artist’s proofs with wide margins. The subject was originally intended to illustrate Gerhart Hauptmann’s book *The Wonders of the Sea* (*Das Meerwunder*, 1970). A total of 150 prints were made on Arches paper, in a smaller format of 32.5 × 25 cm, to accompany the deluxe editions of this book. Expositions Paul Delvaux (1897–1994): A Poetic Journey, Geneva, Musée du Petit Palais, November 4, 1999–February 13, 2000, cat. 34; another print reproduced 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 Mira Jacob, Paul Delvaux: Engraved Works, Monaco, A. Sauret, 1976, no. 28