Lot Essay
Please compare to the watercolour with the same composition in: Johan Poort, Hendrik Willem Mesdag 1831-1915: Oeuvrecatalogus, Wassenaar 1997, p. 437, no. A21.06, as: Bommen worden bevoorraad.
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Bomschuiten in the surf
Details
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Bomschuiten in the surf
signed with initials (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
29.5 x 38.5 cm.
Bomschuiten in the surf
signed with initials (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
29.5 x 38.5 cm.
Provenance
Collection Geesje Mesdag-van Houten, The Hague, thence by descent to the present owner.
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Please note that the provenance of the present lot should read Collection Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar instead of Collection Geesje Mesdag-van Houten as stated in the printed catalogue.