Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Enys

Details

Léon de Smet (1881-1966)
Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Enys
signed and dated 'LÉON DE SMET 1938' (upper right); titled and dated 'MISS BETTY ENYS 14.5.1939' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35 5/8 x 31 5/8 in. (90.5 x 80.3 cm.)
Painted in Cornwall in 1938

Provenance

By inheritance from the sitter to the present owner.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

Piet Boyens has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.

During World War I Léon De Smet stayed with his family in Devonshire and London. By 1925 he returns back to Flanders, keeping his life long contact with his British friends.

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