4 preparatory drawings for "De Heiligen van Sichem".

Pencil, black ink, c. 7,6 x 11,3 cm (image), wove paper, pencil signed and titled (edges sl. browned, few marg. spots).

Under passe-partout and frame.

The 4 studies are different from the woodcuts published in 1931 in "De Heiligen van Sichem" by Ernest Claes. The first drawing shows 3 sculptures of St Peter, St Roch and St Sebastian, the "Heiligen van Sichem" in the church; the second represents Our Lady van Sichem with child; the third depicts St Sebastian on a procession charriot and the last one represents the Infant Jesus of Prague next to a charriot during the procession. These drawings were shown at an exhibition in Mechelen in 1964.
Ref. Desmedt 23.
Joined: 1. Claes, Ernest - De Heiligen van Sichem. Met vier houtsneden van Edg. Tijtgat. Amsterdam, Wereldbibliotheek, 1932. 12mo (foxing). Ill. buckram (sl. soiled). Second edition. - 2. 2 postcards from Maria Tytgat (one to Mrs. Cops from 1972 and one from 1973 inviting an unid. woman to come and visit her husband's workshop again) and 2 from Micheline Boyadjian (one to Mrs. Cops) from 1973 about the painting "Les deux fillettes à la fenêtre" and a potential exhibition. (6 pcs)