DUNES - A NEEDLEWORK

Details

Constance de Nerée tot Babberich
DUNES - A NEEDLEWORK
Executed in silk threads in shades of yellow, lilac, blue, brown and white on a cream white ground, framed
42 x 52 cm.

Provenance

Hildo Krop
Mrs. L.E. Lagerwey-Polak

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Lot Essay

Painter and embroiderer Constance de Nerée tot Babberich (1858-1930) is known for producing needleworks after her own designs and those of her son, Carel de Nerée. Her own designs often show impressionist landscapes and symbolic female figures, usually executed in pastel colours. In the first decade of the twentieth century she exhibited at the avant-garde artist movement "De Onafhankelijken" in Amsterdam.

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