Hemelse en aardse liefde (recto); A study of the same subject (verso)

Details

Jan Sluijters (1881-1957)
Hemelse en aardse liefde (recto); A study of the same subject (verso)
chalk and oil on paper
23 x 29 cm.
Executed circa 1911.

Provenance

Prof. Dr. J.F.S. Esser, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 1 December 2004, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

Anita Hopmans, Jan Sluijters 1881-1957: aquarellen en tekeningen, Zwolle, 1991, no. 79, p. 126 (illustrated).

Exhibited

's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, Jan Sluijters 1881-1987: aquarellen en tekeningen, 8 June - 25 August 1991, no. 79.

Special Notice

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Please note that the entry should read:
not signed, 23 x 29 cm.

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Lot Essay

The present lot is preliminary study for two oil versions of Hemelse en Aardse liefde (no. KM 103.052, Kröller-Müler Museum, Otterlo) and (no. A 21540, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam).

To be included in the catalogue raisonné on the artist's work, currently being prepared by the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) in The Hague.

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