PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Léon de Smet (1881-1966)

Piccadilly Circus

Price realised GBP 37,500
Estimate
GBP 40,000 – GBP 60,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Léon de Smet (1881-1966)

Piccadilly Circus

Price realised GBP 37,500
Closed: 28 Feb 2018
Price realised GBP 37,500
Closed: 28 Feb 2018
Details
Léon de Smet (1881-1966)
Piccadilly Circus
signed and dated 'LÉON DE SMET 1918' (lower right)
oil on burlap
27 7/8 x 40 1/2 in. (71 x 102.3 cm.)
Painted in 1918
Provenance
Private collection, Norway, by whom acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent to the present owner in 2003.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

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