Siementje or Siempje
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Johan Dijkstra (1896-1978)
Siementje or Siempje
etching with drypoint and aquatint, 1928, on laid Van Gelder, signed in pencil, inscribed preuve d'artiste, with margins, a soft printer's crease just below the upper platemark, the reverse mountstained with an occasional foxmark, laid to the mount at the upper reverse sheet edge, otherwise apparently in good condition
P. 638 x 394 mm.
Siementje or Siempje
etching with drypoint and aquatint, 1928, on laid Van Gelder, signed in pencil, inscribed preuve d'artiste, with margins, a soft printer's crease just below the upper platemark, the reverse mountstained with an occasional foxmark, laid to the mount at the upper reverse sheet edge, otherwise apparently in good condition
P. 638 x 394 mm.
Literature
Portrayed in this etching is Siementje, the woman working at the farm of the artist's parents-in-law. The print is also known as Oude landarbeidster.
Exhibition catalogue Johan Dijkstra, Groningen (Groninger Museum en Provinciehuis), 1965, nr.113; Exhibition catalogue Grafisch oeuvre Johan Dijkstra, Groningen (Pictura), 1970, nr.100
Exhibition catalogue Johan Dijkstra, Groningen (Groninger Museum en Provinciehuis), 1965, nr.113; Exhibition catalogue Grafisch oeuvre Johan Dijkstra, Groningen (Pictura), 1970, nr.100