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To be included in the Catalogue Raisonné on the artist's work, currently being prepared G.W.C. van Wezel.
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Zittende vrouw: seated lady
Details
Jan Toorop (1858-1928)
Zittende vrouw: seated lady
pencil and watercolour on paper, unframed
29 x 22.5 cm.
Executed in 1883.
Zittende vrouw: seated lady
pencil and watercolour on paper, unframed
29 x 22.5 cm.
Executed in 1883.
Provenance
Mr. F.L.M. Dony, The Hague.
Mr. C. Kuylman, Capelle aan de IJssel, 1986.
Mr. C. Kuylman, Capelle aan de IJssel, 1986.
Literature
Anonymous,'L'Essor. Concert populaire', in: De Amsterdammer, 10 February 1884, 346, p. 5 ('Is het mogelijk te zeggen of de halfnaakte vrouwelijke figuur van Jan Toorop - Etude de femme - bedekt is door een hemd, door een toevallig afgestorte sneeuwmassa, of door eene soort van watten borstrok?').
Probably: R. Siebelhoff, The early development of Jan Toorop 1879-1892, University of Toronto 1973 (unpublished dissertation), no. W. 8305.
Probably: R. Siebelhoff, The early development of Jan Toorop 1879-1892, University of Toronto 1973 (unpublished dissertation), no. W. 8305.
Exhibited
Brussels, VIII-ieme Exposition Annuelle, L'Essor, 25 December 1883-28 January 1884.
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Vroege werken van Jan Toorop, 22 February-14 March 1937, cat.no. 10, as: Zittende vrouw.
Utrecht, Centraal Museum/Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Tentoonstelling van werken van Jan Toorop, 4 October-2 November 1941, cat.no. 5 as: Zittende vrouw (where dated 1881).
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Vroege werken van Jan Toorop, 22 February-14 March 1937, cat.no. 10, as: Zittende vrouw.
Utrecht, Centraal Museum/Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Tentoonstelling van werken van Jan Toorop, 4 October-2 November 1941, cat.no. 5 as: Zittende vrouw (where dated 1881).
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