Rudolf Bonnet (Dutch, 1895-1978)
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Rudolf Bonnet (Dutch, 1895-1978)

Eduard Verkade als 'De Duivel'

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Rudolf Bonnet (Dutch, 1895-1978)
Eduard Verkade als 'De Duivel'
inscribed 'Zie je mijn jongen, om een verloren/goudstuk grijp je wel naar een revolver' (lower centre)
Indian ink on paper
43 x 23 cm.
executed circa 1917-1920
Provenance
Estate of the late Dr H de Roever-Bonnet.
Literature
Dr. H. de Roever-Bonnet, Rudolf Bonnet - Een zondagskind, Wijk en Aalburg 1991, p. 15, ill. 6.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve and will be sold to the highest bidder. Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

During the Amsterdam years 1917-1920 Bonnet regularly visited the theatre. The present lot depicts the actor Eduard Verkade as the devil in Ferenc Molnar's play The Devil.

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