Jan Toorop (1858-1928)

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Jan Toorop (1858-1928)

Tête d'une Anglaise, Lady H.

signed lower left J.Th. Toorop and J. Toorop 1895 and signed again J.Th. Toorop and dated and inscribed with title lower right and dedicated aan mijn vriend Boutens, pencil on paper 41.5 x 32.5 cm

Provenance

P.C. Boutens, The Hague

Literature

Alb. Plasschaert, Jan Toorop, Herdenking Amsterdam 1929, p. 21 (ill.)
J.B. Knipping Jan Toorop, Amsterdam 1947 (Paletserie), no. 36 (ill.)
B. Polak, Het fin de Siecle in de Nederlandse Schilderkunst, The Hague 1955, p. 369, no. 84 (ill.)

Lot Essay

Lady H was Jan Toorop's sister-in-law, Jeanet Hall. In 1899 Toorop made for her a copy of the drawing which still belongs to the family.

To be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist's work being prepared by G.W.C. van Wezel

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