LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

15.75 in. (40.00 cm.) (height) by 17.91 in. (45.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Ed Karsen' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum (on loan 1942-1945). Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum (on loan 1949-1953). Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, Boom, bloem en plant, 16 July-21 August 1955, no. 76. Laren, Singer Museum, 1957, no. 119. Leiden, Museum De Lakenhal, Tijdgenoten van Floris Verster, 20 July-23 September 1957, no. 94. Laren, Singer Museum, Keuze uit de collectie B. de Geus van den Heuvel, 9 April-30 May 1964, no. 90. Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum / Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, De verstilde wereld van Kaspar en Eduard Karsen, 18 December 1976-20 March 1977, no. 60 and 62. Assen, Provenciaals Museum Drente (on loan 1982-1988).

Literature:

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (Verzameling B. de Geus van den Heuvel): Museum Fodor, Amsterdam en particulier bezit, in: Schatten der Schilderkunst, Amsterdam, 1944.

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by Mr. B. de Geus van den Heuvel, Nieuwersluis, 1935; his sale, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 27 April 1976, lot 283 (Dfl. 7.800), where acquired by the present owner.