Bouquet de fleurs signed 'Gustaaf de Smet' (lower right) oil on canvas 65.7 x 48cm (25 7/8 x 18 7/8in).
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Footnotes
PROVENANCE: The Cambier-d'Haens family, acquired by the grand-parents of the current owner
The work has been authenticated by Mr. Piet Boyens on the basis of a photograph. He dates the picture to around 1900.
Gustave de Smet along with Permeke was one of the foremost Belgian Expressionists. This work dates from his early period when he was probably working in the artists' colony of Laethem-Saint-Martin.