A Singular Portrait by Gustave Van de Woestyne

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Gustave Van de Woestyne (1881-1947), Adrienne De Zutter with Her Violin, 1920, canvas signed and dedicated "To Adrienne De Zutter", signed with his initials and dated "1920" on the back, 208 x 110 cm/82 x 43.3 in. Estimate: €80,000/120,000

This 1920 painting of Adrienne De Zutter illustrates the intersecting cultures that shaped the work of this unique painter. Gustave Van de Woestyne (1881-1947), Adrienne De Zutter with Her Violin, 1920, canvas signed and dedicated "To Adrienne De Zutter", signed with his initials and dated "1920" on the back, 208 x 110 cm/82 x 43.3 in. Estimate: €80,000/120,000 This large, full-length portrait in pearly tones is of a Belgian socialite posing with the instrument she had to play. Adrienne De Zutter with Her Violin, painted in 1920 by Gustave Van de Woestyne, shows the daughter of Ghent textile industrialist Charles De Zutter and

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