La force de l’homme éloigne le malheur.

[1902]

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Lot description

Black and coloured chalk, 10,5 x 20,2 cm, laid paper, signed and dedicated "à F. Hellens / Fernand Khnopff" (some losses, sm. tear in corner).

Mounted on passe-partout.

Design drawing by Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921) for one of his ceiling paintings commissioned for the monumental wedding hall of Saint-Gilles city hall in 1914. The composition, sfumato effect and shape of the sheet closely correspond with the preserved ceiling painting.
Ref. hoteldeville.stgilles.brussels/fr/collection/la-salle-des-mariages/. - R. L. Delevoy, C. De Croës & G. Ollinger-Zinque, Fernand Khnopff. Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Brussels 1987, p. 456, 374 bis.
Prov. Franz Hellens (1881-1972), Belgian author (dedication).