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Prenten 19de-20ste eeuw – Gravures XIX e -XX e s.

429

BECKMANN, Max - «Theater». 1916.

Drypoint, 12,5 x 17,5 cm, Japan paper 23 x 23,8 cm; signed and titled in pencil,

blind stamp Marées-Gesellschaft. Passe-partout. Good copy.

1.500 / 1.800 €

engr. out of a unidentified set (despite same title, not from «Duistere machten»,

1941, where the engr. dimensions are oblong). The 1st is a dark allegory of war

with cannons, soldiers in line, human robots melting steel to make bombs... and

a laughing devil proud of his work. The 2nd shows dark streets with the sky on

fire and people hiding from soldiers.

From the portfolio «Gesichter», Munich, Verlag der Marées-Gesellschaft, R.

Piper & Co., 1919. Limited to 100 copies. One of 40 on Japan paper.

430

BERTRAND, Gaston - «La Banque de Bruxelles». 1966.

Pointe sèche, 25 x 36 cm, papier vélin; titrée et justifiée 141/170 à la mine de

graphite en bas à g., signée et datée en bas à dr. (qqs pet. points de rousseurs).

Passe-partout, vitre, cadre de bois noir.

80 / 100 €

432

BOONEN, Jac - «Haven». [Harbour, in Antwerp?]. s.d.

Etching, 66,6 x 66 cm; vellum paper, titled and numb. 21/100 in graphite pencil

lower left, signed lower right (sl. browned, foxing, dampstain right edge).

80 / 100 €

A very crowded view with the estuary filled with boats, freight traffic on wharves

with longshoremen, carts pulled by horses, trucks, etc.

433

BOONEN, Jac - Hoogovens. 1933.

Etching and drypoint, 60 x 44,8 cm, vellum paper, signed and title in graphite

pencil at lower margin, unnumbered. Stuck under passe-partout. Very clear,

saturated impression.

700 / 800 €

Seconde pointe sèche réalisée par Bertrand. Jusqu’en 1982, le siège de la banque

se trouvait dans l’ancien palais du comte de Flandre (actuellement occupé par

la Cour des Comptes), face au Musée des Beaux-Arts. Le style néo-classique du

bâtiment, l’arcade de la rue de Namur et le premier bâtiment de la Place royale

ne pouvaient qu’inspirer le peintre (1910-1994), amoureux des lignes pures. En

plus des 16 épreuves d’état ou d’artiste, ce tirage fut commandé par Louis Camu,

alors président de la Banque de Bruxelles.

Réf. Goyens de Heusch 63.

431

BOONEN, Jac - 3 engravings.

150 / 300 €

1. «Eric Winand» (?). 24 x 31,3 cm, light brown vellum paper; titled and numb.

4/8, signed and dated 1935. Rare.— 2-3. «Staal» [Steel]. 30,6 x 39,5 cm.—

«Angst» [Fear]. 30,9 x 39,5 cm, light brown vellum paper; numb. VI and VIII, both

numb. 12/100, signed, titled in French by another hand beneath the 1st («Acier

unique réalité» [Steel. The only reality]) and the 2nd («Décor nocturne d'une

tragédie» [Night setting of a tragedy]) (sl. browned sheets, some foxing). Two

Boonen was a prolific Belgian printmaker who was mosly interested in themes

involving the alienation of people from their environment and the working

masses.

128 • ARENBERG AUCTIONS • 19.10.2019

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