Lot Essay
The drawing in the present lot is a preliminary study for the etching of the same subject
Details
Jan Poortenaar (1886-1958)
Canarilaan, Buitenzorg
(Botanical Gardens, Buitenzorg)
etching, 1925, on laid paper, signed in pencil and inscribed Canarilaan Buitenzorg, with full margins, a few soft handling nicks, pinholes to the upper sheet corners, a minor ink stain to the upper left sheet corner, generally in very good condition, unframed
Platemark 49.5 x 35 cm;
and A drawing executed in charcoal of the same subject by the same hand (2)
Canarilaan, Buitenzorg
(Botanical Gardens, Buitenzorg)
etching, 1925, on laid paper, signed in pencil and inscribed Canarilaan Buitenzorg, with full margins, a few soft handling nicks, pinholes to the upper sheet corners, a minor ink stain to the upper left sheet corner, generally in very good condition, unframed
Platemark 49.5 x 35 cm;
and A drawing executed in charcoal of the same subject by the same hand (2)
Literature
cf. Jan Poortenaar An artist in Java and other islands, (translation H. Shipp, London 1928) New York 1989 (illus.)
cf. Exh.Cat. Nijmegen, Waaggebouw, J. Poortenaar, 4-27 March 1966 (illus.)
cf. Exh.Cat. Nijmegen, Waaggebouw, J. Poortenaar, 4-27 March 1966 (illus.)