Lot 123
123
A STAINED LEADED-GLASS WINDOW, designed by Huib de Ru, rectangular shape, composed of variously shaped pieces of glass, stained in colours, decorated with a kneeling female nude figure holding her hands behind her neck, a cactus flanking her on her left side, signed lower left Huib de Ru and dated '32

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A STAINED LEADED-GLASS WINDOW, designed by Huib de Ru, rectangular shape, composed of variously shaped pieces of glass, stained in colours, decorated with a kneeling female nude figure holding her hands behind her neck, a cactus flanking her on her left side, signed lower left Huib de Ru and dated '32
70 cm high x 42.5 cm wide

Lot Essay

In the early 1920s, Huib de Ru (1902-1980) worked for the firm of W. Bogtman in Haarlem. In 1926, together with Nico Schrier, he opened his own leaded glass workshop in Haarlem. His designs for leaded glass are of figurative, naturalistic and detailed anatomical nature. For private clients, friends and himself he designed windows depicting portraits and nudes

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