Haven Palma (Mallorca) - The harbour of Palma de Mallorca

Details

Leo Gestel (1881-1941)
Haven Palma (Mallorca) - The harbour of Palma de Mallorca
signed and inscribed with title 'Leo Gestel' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
100 x 92 cm.
Executed circa 1914.

Provenance

Piet Boendermaker, Bergen, P.B. 1940 and P.B. 1942 (both in blue crayons on the backing), and no. 241 (in pencil on the backing)

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Lot Essay

The present lot has many similarities in composition with a drawing and a painting from the same year (see ill. exh.cat. Ivo Bouwman, The Hague, Leo Gestel, 1981, no. 25 and W. Pluim, Leo Gestel, Amsterdam 1936, ill.no. 15 (also from collection Piet Boendermaker))

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