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A miniature horse of circa 3 cm high served as a model for this picture
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Details
Kees Verwey (born 1900)
Droompaardje
signed lower left Verwey, and dated lower right 56, and signed again and inscribed Herdenkingstentoonstelling 5 mei 1957, Boymans Museum te Rotterdam, Prijs fl 2000, Titel : Don Quichotte on the reverse, oil on canvas
150 x 125 cm
Painted in 1956
Droompaardje
signed lower left Verwey, and dated lower right 56, and signed again and inscribed Herdenkingstentoonstelling 5 mei 1957, Boymans Museum te Rotterdam, Prijs fl 2000, Titel : Don Quichotte on the reverse, oil on canvas
150 x 125 cm
Painted in 1956
Literature
H.L.C. Jaffé,Kees Verwey, Amsterdam, 1964, p. 12 and colourill. III
Lambert Tegenbosch, Kees Verwey, exh. cat. Cultureel Centrum Venlo, 1974 (colourill.)
Lambert Tegenbosch, Kees Verwey, exh. cat. Cultureel Centrum Venlo, 1974 (colourill.)
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Herdenkingstentoonstelling 5 mei, 1957 Groningen, Gronings Museum, Kees Verwey, October-November 1959, no. 26 (ill.)
Haarlem, Vishal, Kees Verwey, July-September 1960, no. 90
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Charlotte van Pallandt - Kees Verwey, 10 May - 12 June 1961, no. 70 (the exhibition travelled to Amsersfoort, de Zonnehof and Leeuwarden, Fries Museum)
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Kees Verwey, 1964, no. 156
Laren, Singer Museum, Kees Verwey, 20 July-29 September 1968, no. 22
Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twente, Kees Verwey, 16 November-12 January 1969, no. 18
Apeldoorn, Gemeentelijk van Reekum Galerij, Kees Verwey, 8-3 March 1975
Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum, Kees Verwey, 5 June-26 June 1977, no. 19 (as 'Traumpferdchen')
Saarbrücken, Moderne Galerie, Kees Verwey, 15 July-21 August 1977, no. 19
Amsterdam, Galerie Krikhaar, de andere Kees Verwey, 7 May-6 June 1982
Haarlem, Vishal, Kees Verwey, July-September 1960, no. 90
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Charlotte van Pallandt - Kees Verwey, 10 May - 12 June 1961, no. 70 (the exhibition travelled to Amsersfoort, de Zonnehof and Leeuwarden, Fries Museum)
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Kees Verwey, 1964, no. 156
Laren, Singer Museum, Kees Verwey, 20 July-29 September 1968, no. 22
Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twente, Kees Verwey, 16 November-12 January 1969, no. 18
Apeldoorn, Gemeentelijk van Reekum Galerij, Kees Verwey, 8-3 March 1975
Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum, Kees Verwey, 5 June-26 June 1977, no. 19 (as 'Traumpferdchen')
Saarbrücken, Moderne Galerie, Kees Verwey, 15 July-21 August 1977, no. 19
Amsterdam, Galerie Krikhaar, de andere Kees Verwey, 7 May-6 June 1982