Self-Portrait on a Blue Background

Provenance

Elie Burthoul (1875–1948), Brussels; by descent; sold, Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, Mar. 11, 1950, lot 16. Dr. Jan Maniewski (born 1933), Antwerp. Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, by 1998 [Antwerp 1998]; sold to Kredietbank Luxembourg (later rebranded KBL European Private Bankers and then Quintet Private Bank), Brussels, 2000; sold to a private collector, Brussels, 2020; sold to David Lévy & Associés, Brussels, 2025; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Self-Portrait on a Blue Background

Léon Spilliaert

1907

Accession Number

279895

Medium

India Ink, color pencil, pastel, and colored chalk on paper, mounted on canvas

Dimensions

73 × 58.7 cm (28 3/4 × 23 1/8 in.)

Classification

prints and drawing

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial and Regenstein endowment funds; Prints and Drawings Discretionary Fund; Margaret Fisher and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds; Prints and Drawings Purchase Fund; Elizabeth Gott Templeton Endowment Fund; Regenstein Acquisition Fund; Sara R. Shorey Endowed Acquisition and Celia and David Hilliard endowment funds