Leeuw; lion

Details

Pyke Koch (1901-1991)
Leeuw; lion
signed, dated and inscribed 'Pyke Koch/juni 1944/Utrecht' (on the reverse)
oil and gold foil on panel
27.5 x 27 cm.
Painted in 1944.

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Lot Essay

The present lot was recently discovered and makes part of a series of paintings depicting zodiac signs, which were executed in the 1940's. Another painting from this series 'Capricorn' was sold in these rooms on 28 May 2002, lot 191. (See: C. Blotkamp, B. Kempers, Pyke Koch. Schilderijen en Tekeningen, Rotterdam, 1995, p. 218, no. 40-43).

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