A still life with books and roses (recto); A portrait of a lady (verso)

Details

Jan Wiegers (1893-1959)
A still life with books and roses (recto); A portrait of a lady (verso)
signed and dated 'Jan Wiegers '27' (lower right)
oil on canvas
70 x 55 cm.
Painted in 1927

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the family of the present owner.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Sale Room Notice

The woman depicted on the reverse of the present lot is Marie Dijkstra-van Veen, the wife of the artist Johan Dijkstra.

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Lot Essay

The book depicted in the present lot is a collection of expressionist poems by Georg Heym, Umbra Vitae from 1924. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner designed the cover illustration and illustrated the book with 46 woodcuts. When staying in Davos for health reasons Wiegers met Kirchner. Inspired by Kirchner's Expressionism, Wiegers would introduce elements and ideas of it when returning to The Netherlands. Together with fellow artists from Groningen Wiegers formed De Ploeg movement. The present lot can be seen as a tribute to Kirchner and to Expressionism.

The woman depicted on the reverse of the present lot is Marie Dijkstra-van Veen, the wife of the artist Johan Dijkstra.

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