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A self portrait
Details
Leo Gestel (1881-1941)
A self portrait
signed and dated 'Leo Gestel 13' (lower right)
chalk on paper
43.5 x 35.5 cm.
Executed in 1913
A self portrait
signed and dated 'Leo Gestel 13' (lower right)
chalk on paper
43.5 x 35.5 cm.
Executed in 1913
Provenance
Mr. H.A. Frank, Blonay, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam 30 November 2000, lot 221.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam 30 November 2000, lot 221.
Literature
N.H. Wolf, in: De Kunst, 1913, no. 268 (illustrated p. 369).
Exhibited
The Hague, Kunstzaal Schüller en Eissenloeffel, Tentoonstelling van Schilderijen en Teekeningen van Leo Gestel, March - April 1913, no. 70 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note that the catalogue note erroneously refers to another, almost identical self portrait from the same year.
The provenance should read: Mr. H. A. Frank, Blonay, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam 30 November 2000, lot 221.
The provenance should read: Mr. H. A. Frank, Blonay, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam 30 November 2000, lot 221.
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