Lot 2
  • 2

Jan Toorop

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jan Toorop
  • Figuren op Parijse Boulevard
  • signed
  • coloured pencils on paper
  • 15 by 23 cm.
  • Executed in 1903.

Provenance

Private Collection, Belgium

Exhibited

Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Tijdgenoten van Verster, July - September 1957, p. 53, no. 198
Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Moderne Tekeningen, December 1971 - January 1972, p. 23, no. 61

Condition

The extreme edges are slightly worn and five small spots of paper loss are professionally restored at the extreme edges. One restored crease of 8 mm. situated 1 cm. from the top edge and 9,5 cm. from the left edge. Some abrasion in the upper layer of the reverse of the drawing, otherwise in good condition. The colours are a bit less sharp than illustrated in the catalogue.
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