Le Jardin (The Garden) (J. 48)
A surrealist-inspired lithograph by Paul Delvaux presenting a garden scene in rich colors on Arches paper. The work exemplifies Delvaux's mysterious and dreamlike approach to landscape representation.
- Medium
- Lithograph in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
MODERNISM: Editions & Works on Paper
October 21, 2025
Lot 9
Spotted works by Paul Delvaux
Artists in conversation
René Magritte
Belgian · b. 1898
Magritte shared Delvaux's Belgian surrealist sensibility and created dreamlike landscapes and garden scenes with the same mysterious, unsettling atmosphere and meticulous figurative technique visible in this lithograph.
Giorgio de Chirico
Italian · b. 1888
De Chirico pioneered the metaphysical dreamlike imagery that deeply influenced Delvaux, and his atmospheric outdoor scenes share the same enigmatic stillness, rich coloring, and surrealist mood present in this garden composition.
Yves Tanguy
French · b. 1900
Tanguy's surrealist works evoke mysterious and otherworldly landscapes rendered in rich, carefully layered color, closely paralleling the dreamlike garden atmosphere and surrealist visual language Delvaux employs in this lithograph.
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