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Depiction of a half-naked woman surrounded by swallows and divine light
Loose-leaf, image size 24x27, sheet size 50x32
signed and dated in the print l.r.: 'Huib Luns '17'
Poem from Les Contemplations by Victor Hugo under the performance:
"Au seuil de l'ombre et du vide aux portes visionnaires du ciel sacré" :
"On the threshold of shadow and emptiness at the imaginary gates of the hallowed sky"
Authenticity fully guaranteed
Huib Luns was a Dutch painter, sculptor, draftsman and author of books about Dutch painting.
He also designed tokens.
He went to the National School for Drawing Education in Amsterdam and took lessons at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten there. 67503539