Showing posts with label De Leeuw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label De Leeuw. Show all posts

Friday, 13 January 2017

"A Deleeuw" is Alexis de Leeuw

Horta, from Belgium, sells on 17 January 2017 a "A. Deleeuw, Belgian School" pair of winter landscapes, estimated at 1,000 to 1,500 Euros.

The auction house probably was fooled by the space in the name: the artist is Alexis De Leeuw (1848-1883), a Belgian artist best known for this kind of commercial but better-than-average work.

A comparable pair (slightly bigger and in better condition, and perhaps somewhat better painted as well) was sold at Christie's London in 2008 for £5,250, so the current estimate seems to be too low, probably becaues they couldn't identify the artist.

I would guess that they will go for 2,000 Euro instead.