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177 - Fernand KHNOPFF (Grembergen, 1858 – Brussels, 1921)
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Fernand KHNOPFF (Grembergen, 1858 – Brussels, 1921) Head of Hypnos Bronze cast with richly nuanced brown, green and gold patinas Height: 21 cm Set on a base of red griotte marble with white veining Total height: 42.5 cm Head of Hypnos, bronze cast, by F. Khnopff H.: 8.26 in. Provenance: Galerie Bernard de Leye; Acquired from the gallery in 1980; Private collection, Belgium Bibliography: related to: Robert L. Delevoy, Catherine De Croës, Gisèle Ollinger-Zinque, Fernand Khnopff, catalogue raisonné, Brussels, 1979 (reprinted 1987), pp. 327–328, no. 363 Jeffery W. Howe, *The Symbolist Art of Fernand Khnopff*, UMI Research Press, no. 28, 1982, pp. 111–113 Michel Draguet, *Khnopff or Poetic Ambiguity*, Paris, 1995 Frederik Leen, Dominique Maréchal, Gisèle Ollinger-Zinque, *Fernand Khnopff, 1858–1921*, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, 2004, p. 164, no. 98 Michel Draguet, Dominique Morel, Fernand Khnopff: The Master of Enigma, Exhibition catalogue, Paris, Petit Palais, 11 December 2018 – 17 March 2019, pp. 58–69 Fernand KHNOPFF (Grembergen, 1858 – Brussels, 1921)
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