Lot Essay
The Mijnssens-s'Jacob family were close friends of the artist. During World War II Fernhout spent a lot of time at their house in Baarn.
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Mevrouw Mijnssen-s'Jacob en kinderen
Details
Edgar Fernhout (1912-1976)
Mevrouw Mijnssen-s'Jacob en kinderen
signed with initials and dated lower right EF'41, and signed again, dated, inscribed with title and inscribed on the reverse Baarn Nov-Mrt 1941
oil on canvas
78.5 x 73.5 cm
Mevrouw Mijnssen-s'Jacob en kinderen
signed with initials and dated lower right EF'41, and signed again, dated, inscribed with title and inscribed on the reverse Baarn Nov-Mrt 1941
oil on canvas
78.5 x 73.5 cm
Provenance
B. Mijnssen-s'Jacob, Elspeet, thence by descent
Literature
N.J. Brederoo, Een familie van kunstenaars; Charlie Toorop en Edgar Fernhout (dissertation), The Hague 1985, p. 31-32 and p. 84
A. van den Berk ed., Fernhout, schilder painter, Amsterdam 1990, p. 15 (ill.) and p. 120-121, no. 91
A. van den Berk ed., Fernhout, schilder painter, Amsterdam 1990, p. 15 (ill.) and p. 120-121, no. 91