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Artist or Maker: Fernand Khnopff (Belgian, 1858-1921)

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Description: Study for 'L'idée de justice'
signed 'Fernand Khnopff' (lower centre)
pencil and crayon on paper
7 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (19.5 x 15.5 cm.)

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Notes: The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Gisèle Ollinger-Zinque and will be included in the revised catalogue raisonné under no. 419 Bis.

This work is a preparatory drawing for the first illustration in Khnopff's series of sixteen works designed to illustrate a literary text by Henry Carton de Wiart, a Belgian politician, published in 1909. The finished work is in the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliothèque Royale Albert 1er, Brussels.

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