Lot Essay
(1) A comparable picture was sold, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 11 April 1995, lot 90
See illustration on p.
See illustration on p.
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Fishing Boats on a Beach (recto); Study of a Fisherman resting on wooden Boatparts (verso)
Details
Willem Anthonie van Deventer (1824-1893)
Fishing Boats on a Beach (recto); Study of a Fisherman resting on wooden Boatparts (verso)
dated 'Augustus' (recto) and with inscriptions 'van Deventer' and '15 Augustus 1864' (verso)
pencil, watercolour, pencil framing lines (recto); pencil (verso), on two joined sheets of paper, watermark VDL[ee]
295 x 393 mm.; and a watercolour of shipping at Papendrecht attributed to the same hand (2)
Fishing Boats on a Beach (recto); Study of a Fisherman resting on wooden Boatparts (verso)
dated 'Augustus' (recto) and with inscriptions 'van Deventer' and '15 Augustus 1864' (verso)
pencil, watercolour, pencil framing lines (recto); pencil (verso), on two joined sheets of paper, watermark VDL[ee]
295 x 393 mm.; and a watercolour of shipping at Papendrecht attributed to the same hand (2)
Provenance
(1) Art market, Amsterdam, 1956
(2) Anon. sale; Sotheby's (Mak van Waay), Amsterdam, January 1974, lot 1017
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 27 June 1989, lot 50
(2) Anon. sale; Sotheby's (Mak van Waay), Amsterdam, January 1974, lot 1017
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 27 June 1989, lot 50
Exhibited
Bonn/Saarbrcken/Bochum, 1968/9, no. 35