De Levensreis van de Kunstenaar

Details

Jan Toorop (1858-1928)
De Levensreis van de Kunstenaar
signed and dated 'J.Th. Toorop 1925.' (lower right)
pencil, chalk and wax crayons on paper
35 x 22 cm.
Executed in 1925

Provenance

W.J. Vroom, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 26 May 1988, lot 146.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

H. van M, De tijd, 26 May 1925.
F.H.A. van den Oudendijk Pieterse, 'Over Jan Toorop's latere werk en de kritiek' in: Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift, 36 (1926) 8, no. 3, pp. 97-99, (illustrated).
Joës a Cruce Kerkhof, 'In memoriam Jan Theodoor Toorop' in: Het Gildeboek, II (1928), no. 2, pp. 4-7 (illustrated and titled: 'De Levensreis van den Kunstenaar').
E. Lücker, 'Kerkelijke prentkunst der laatste tien jaren' in: Ars Sacra (1929), p. 213.

Exhibited

The Hague, Koninklijke Kunstzalen Kleykamp, Jan Toorop, May-June 1925, no. 13 (titled 'Kunstenaarstocht, begeleid door de H. Maagd').

Brought to you by

Alexandra Bots

abots@christies.com +31 (0) 20 575 59 57

Lot Essay

The present drawing is a very personal document for the artist. Toorop depicted himself on a boat, accompanied by the Virgin Mary on his pilgrimage.

To be included in the catalogue raisonné on the artist's work, currently being prepared by G.W.C. van Wezel.

More from Modern Art

View All