Erik Satie (Le prélude). 1925.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in lower right. 204 x 146 cm (80.3 x 57.4 in).

• Expressive homage to the famous composer Erik Satie, who died this year.
• Fascinating work in which the examination of currents of Fauvism, Cubism and Expressionism creates a very individual visual language.
• Large-format major work from the important creative phase after the return to figuration.

We are grateful to Mr. Mark Uytterhoeven, Mecheln, Dr. Johan De Smet, Gent, and Dr. Pascal Ghyssaert, Bruges, for their kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Collection De Troyer family, Uytterhoeven.
Southern German art trade (1999).
Private collection Spain.

EXHIBITION: Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33, Tate Modern, London, July 7, 2018 - July 14, 2019, pp. 74-75 (with color illu.).

LITERATURE: Pascal Ghyssaert, Prosper de Troyer (1880-1961). Een stijlkritische analyse van zijn tekeningen en schilderijen uit de periode 1906-1939 (unpublished final thesis, University Gent), Gent 1986 (with illu. on plate 227).