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Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863-1939)
Two sleeping monkeys
signed with monogram and dated on the reverse edge 1908
lightbrown and darkbrown partly glazed grs ceramics
14 cm high
Two sleeping monkeys
signed with monogram and dated on the reverse edge 1908
lightbrown and darkbrown partly glazed grs ceramics
14 cm high
Provenance
H.P. Bremmer, The Hague, no. 709
Literature
Elseviers Gellustreerd Maandschrift, April 1909, no. 4, p. 27 (illus. of an identical version)
Kunstschrift, 1997, no. 1, p. 39 (illus. of an identical version in the Krller-Mller Museum in Otterlo)
Kunstschrift, 1997, no. 1, p. 39 (illus. of an identical version in the Krller-Mller Museum in Otterlo)
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, until 1957 (on loan)