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Thomas Deprez Fine Arts

Emile Fabry (Verviers 1865-1966 Brussels)
A monumental triptych, including: Le péché originel, Les Déesses de la Vie and Prométhée & Pygmalion, circa 1896
Oil on canvas
246 x 138 cm | 249 x 205.5 cm | 245 x 140 cm
All the canvases have been waxed and retouched
The middle panel carrying a certificate by Edmond Delescluze, the artist's son-in-law, dated April 6th 1990
Provenance: by descent in the family of the artist, after his death in 1966; former collection Suzanne Fabry and Edmond Delescluze, the artist’s daughter and son-in-law; triptych dismantled and sold separately, with different provenances on request; United again for the first time under single ownership, 2023
Literature: a list of contemporary press critiques available on request; Jacqueline Guisset, Emile Fabry 1865-1966, Brussels, Fonds du Patrimoine de Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, 2000, ill. pp. 75, 77 & 78; Sébastien Clerbois, L’Esotérisme et le Symbolisme belge, Anvers, Pandora Publishers, 2012, ill. p. 104
Exhibitions: Exposition du Cercle Pour l'Art, Brussels, 1896; Retrospective Emile Fabry, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Centre culturel, 2000