Alder catkins in a vase

Details

Bart van der Leck (Utrecht 1876-1958 Blaricum)
Alder catkins in a vase
signed and dated 'B. v. d. Leck Fecit 1931' (lower left)
black chalk on tracing paper
52 x 41 cm. (20½ x 16 in.)

Provenance

With H.P. Bremmer, The Hague.
With F. Bremmer, The Hague.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 26 May 1988, lot 208 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. C-186).

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The present lot is a study for the oil painting Katjes in tulpenglas, private collection, the Netherlands (see W.C. Feltkamp, B. A. van der Leck. Leven en werken, Leiden s.a., 1956, p. 77.)

A sketch from the same series was sold at Christie's Amsterdam on 4 December 2001 as lot 182.

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