13. FRITZ VAN DEN BERGHE (1858-1939) The Smoker 1927-1928 Signed lower right Oil on panel 46 x 32 cm Provenance Mr Josef Mees Collection, Ghent Mrs Krele Bri Collection Private collection / privécolectie, Brussels Exhibition Venice International Biennial 1950 The Masters of Flemish Expressionism, Palais des Beaux-Arts Lille, 1953 Frits Van den Berghe, 5-27 May 1962, Galerie de la Basse-Ville, Brussels Flemish Art from Ensor to Permeke, 20 February -20 April 1970, l'Orangerie, Paris Retrospective: Frits Van den Berghe, 23 May-22 June, 1970, Hôtel Charlier, Brussels Frits Van den Berghe, 16 December 1983 - 4 March 1984, Museum voor schone kunsten, Gent Bibliography Catalogue Raisonné: Fritz Van Den Berghe: Piet Boyens, Patrick Derom, Gilles Marquenie, Antwerpen Pandora, 1999, p.224