Boomgaard in bloei

Details

Leo Gestel (Dutch, 1881-1941)
Boomgaard in bloei
signed and dated 'LeoGestel 1921' (lower right)
oil on canvas
85 x 70.5 cm.

Provenance

Piet Boendermaker, Bergen/Amsterdam, no. 1342

Literature

J.S. Laster, Elseviers geillustreerd maandschrift, "Leo Gestel", 1923 (ill.)

Exhibited

Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, Gestel als Modernist, 4 June - 31 July 1983, p. 106, no. 88 (ill.)
's Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabants museum, Leo Gestel als Modernist, 20 August - 16 October 1983, no. 88 (ill.)

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Lot Essay

The present lot is visible in a photograph of Kunstzaal Boendermaker circa 1929-1930, now in the archive of Renée Smithuis. (Piet Spijk, Bergense School en Piet Boendermaker, Zwolle 1997, p. 122 (ill.))

To be included in the archives for the forthcoming Critical Catalogue being prepared by the 'Comité Leo Gestel'.

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