A canvasbound sketchbook containing 30 leaves with pencil and charcoal studies, some with coloured pencil, of Enkhuizen, depicting amongst others activity in the harbour, studies of fishing vessels and streetscenes

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Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch, 1860-1931)
A canvasbound sketchbook containing 30 leaves with pencil and charcoal studies, some with coloured pencil, of Enkhuizen, depicting amongst others activity in the harbour, studies of fishing vessels and streetscenes
inscribed 'Poort van Cleef Enkhuizen' on the inside cover
25 x 37 cm.

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Lot Essay

The inscription 'Poort van Cleef' refers to the Hotel 'Die Port van Cleve', where the artist stayed in Enkhuizen in 1911, according to a letter which he sent to G.H. Breitner (see A. de Jong, Willem Bastiaan Tholen 1860-1931, 1993, p. 164).

One of the drawings in the present lot is a study for the painting 'Lantaarnlicht', illustrated in R. Bakels, W.B. Tholen, 1930, fig. 102.

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