Marius Bauer (The Hague 1867-1932 Amsterdam)

At the well

Details

Marius Bauer (The Hague 1867-1932 Amsterdam)
At the well
signed 'M Bauer' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 72.5
Painted in 1913.

Provenance

with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, 1913, inv.no. 3220.
Acquired from the above by Mr. P. Verschuyl, 1913.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, 1918, inv.no. 3945.
Acquired from the above by Mr. J. van Herwijnen, Amsterdam, 1918.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, 1919, inv.no. 4124.
Acquired from the above by Mrs. J. Van Der Weyden Bogaerts, 1919.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, 1928, inv.no. 5070.
Acquired from the above by Mr. Jackson Booth, 1928.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, 1935, inv.no. 5454.
Acquired from the above by Mr. K. Groesbeek, Amsterdam, 1935.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, 1942, inv.no. 6583.
Acquired from the above by Mr. C.W. Etty, 1942.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, 1960, inv.no. 8091.
Acquired from the above by Mr. J. de Jong, 1942.
Mr. W. Stulemeijer, Bergen op Zoom, 1960.
Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 12 October 1971, lot 15.
with Kunsthandel Borzo, 's-Hertogenbosch, 1972.
with Kunsthandel W. Rueb, Amsterdam, 1986, where acquired by the present owner.

Lot Essay

Marius Bauer originally depicted a horse next to the well which he later removed to improve the composition (see: early images of the painting in the Van Wisselingh Archive, RKD, The Hague). We wish to thank the Bauer Documentatie Stichting for their help in cataloguing the present lot.

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