Lot Essay
Other versions can be found in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht; and the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo.
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Monkey
Details
Johan Coenraad Altorf (1876-1955) and Chris Lanooy (1881-1948)
Monkey
signed, dated and inscribed with ' A B L, Altorf + Lanooy 1915 9x' (underneath)
brown stoneware
20 cm. high (incl. stoneware base)
Executed in 1914-1915 in an edition of nine.
Monkey
signed, dated and inscribed with ' A B L, Altorf + Lanooy 1915 9x' (underneath)
brown stoneware
20 cm. high (incl. stoneware base)
Executed in 1914-1915 in an edition of nine.
Provenance
Acquired from H.P. Bremmer by the previous owners.
Literature
E. [Etha Fles?], 'Voor de kunst' in: Utrechtsch Provinciaal en Stedelijk Dagblad, 19 March 1915.
M. Brouwer red., Beeldhouwwerken van het Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Amsterdam 1992, p. 39 (another cast)
Pier Terwen, 'Het ceramische werk van J.C. Altorf en de samenwerking met Chris Lanoij', in: Vormen uit vuur, (1998/2), no. 164, p. 14, no. 4, (ill. of another version)
M. Brouwer red., Beeldhouwwerken van het Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Amsterdam 1992, p. 39 (another cast)
Pier Terwen, 'Het ceramische werk van J.C. Altorf en de samenwerking met Chris Lanoij', in: Vormen uit vuur, (1998/2), no. 164, p. 14, no. 4, (ill. of another version)
Exhibited
Utrecht, Vereniging 'Voor de Kunst', Tentoonstelling van schilderijen en etsen van Ph. Zilcken en J.L.[sic] Altorf, 1915, cat.no. 36 (another version).
The Hague, Commissie Beeldende Kunsten van Kunst aan allen, Tentoonstelling Klein-plastiek, February 1916, cat.no. 14 (another version).
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Kunst van 1850 tot heden, 1958, cat.no. 453 (another version).
Rotterdam, Diergaarde Blijdorp, Apen expressies, 1966 (another version)
The Hague, Commissie Beeldende Kunsten van Kunst aan allen, Tentoonstelling Klein-plastiek, February 1916, cat.no. 14 (another version).
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Kunst van 1850 tot heden, 1958, cat.no. 453 (another version).
Rotterdam, Diergaarde Blijdorp, Apen expressies, 1966 (another version)
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