Piet Ouborg

The estate of the artist, The Hague
Private colection, The Netherlands

 

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, P. Ouborg, October - November 1954, pp.10-11, 24, no. 14, illustrated
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum; Breda, De Beijerd Cultureel Centrum, Ouborg: schilderijen, gouaches, tekeningen, May - June; June - July 1965, pp. 3, 10, no. 13, illustrated
Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, Ouborg, September - November 1975, no. 116, illustrated
Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, Heimwee naar het hart der dingen, October 1993 - January 1994, illustrated in colour on the cover of the exhibition catalogue

Leonie ten Duis and Annelies Haase, Ouborg, schilder-painter, Eindhoven 1990, p.32, no.30, illustrated in colour

Some minor surface dirt, otherwise this work is in very good condition.
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Added: the poster of the exhibition "Heimwee naar het hart der dingen" at Dordrechts Museum in Dordrecht and the original easel on which the painting stood for years in the artist's living room.

"Head, dated 1931 is one of the most striking paintings from this period, which is done with resoluteness and directness. It is a spontaneous and exuberant painting.
The searching quality, which characterized much of his earlier work, has now given way to the grit of the pioneer. Ouborg himself also considered it an important painting; for years it stood on an easel (see illustration) in his living room"  From: L. ten Duis and A. Haase, Ouborg, schilder-painter, Eindhoven 1990, p.33.