ARBEID VOOR DE VROUW

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Jan Toorop, 1898
ARBEID VOOR DE VROUW
Colour lithograph in yellow, printed by S. Lankhout & Co. Den Haag
S. 93 x 73 cm.
Printed marks Toorop lith: lower left and S. Lankhout & Co. Den Haag lower right

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Lot Essay

The poster was also available with the text underneath: Loten van de Nationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenarbeid à 50 cents op het terrein en in de depôts verkrijgbaar. Eerste prijs een juweelen sieraad ter waarde van f. 1000,-. (Lottery-tickets of the National Exhibition of Women Labour for 50 Cents available at the terrain. First prize a piece of jewellery worth DFL 1000,-). The image depicts the victory of Labour over the Sphinx that embodies the evil force of Sensuality oppressing women. The women on the left have surmounted Sensuality - the worried looking women on the right are still in the power of prostitution. The model for the central figure was Marguérite Elfrich, also depicted by Toorop in his etching Vrouwekop (1897).
See: K.G. Boon/Bettina Spaanstra-Polak, De grafiek van Jan Toorop, exhibition catalogue Rijksprentenkabinet/Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1969, p. 13, cat. 42
See also:
Wendingen, 1918, p. 39

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