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78 - Léon DE SMET (Ghent 1881 – Deurle 1966)
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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Léon DE SMET (Ghent 1881 – Deurle 1966) Orchard at Sunset in the Lys Valley (probably near Sint-Martens-Latem), 1908 Oil on panel, monogrammed ‘LDS’ within a circle in the lower left-hand corner, approx. 26.5 x 37 cm. Exhibition: label: “Private art collection in Tervuren and the surrounding area, H.-Hartcollege, Tervuren, 21 May to 5 June 1966, no. 71 (typed label on the reverse stating the artist, the title ‘Landschap’, the date 1908 and the owner). This exhibition of private collections is included in the exhibition history of Frits Van den Berghe published by the Oscar De Vos gallery (Sint-Martens-Latem); its 1970 edition features in a provenance record published by De Vuyst. Provenance: Van Huffel Collection, Private Collection. Note: A work from the Sint-Martens-Latem period (1906–1913), during which De Smet, a member of ‘Vie et Lumière’, painted the orchards and meadows of the Leiestreek in a luminist style derived from Emile Claus. An orchard viewed from above in low-angle light; blue-green shadows from the fruit trees cast towards the foreground, pink trunks, a curtain of poplars, and a yellow-green sky.
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About the sale DE SPILLIAERT AND DE SMET IN GABON, VIA CHINA Khnopff, Mortier, Picasso • Old Master paintings • Chinese bronzes and porcelain • Kota reliquary • Jewellery • Antique weapons
Auction location
Auction time 10/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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Hugo Sanchez
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