Lot Essay
The present lot clearly shows Tholen's sharp eye for detail and remarkably steady hand. The unconstrained and very skillfully excecuted drawings were mostly made in Enkhuizen.
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A canvasbound sketchbook containing 41 leaves with charcoal studies, some with coloured pencil, of Enkhuizen, depicting amongst others: activities in the harbour, views of the old city of, for example, the Zuiderspui with the Drommedaris, and studies of fishingvessels
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Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch, 1860-1931)
A canvasbound sketchbook containing 41 leaves with charcoal studies, some with coloured pencil, of Enkhuizen, depicting amongst others: activities in the harbour, views of the old city of, for example, the Zuiderspui with the Drommedaris, and studies of fishingvessels
some signed 'Th' or 'Tholen'
23.5 x 32 cm.
A canvasbound sketchbook containing 41 leaves with charcoal studies, some with coloured pencil, of Enkhuizen, depicting amongst others: activities in the harbour, views of the old city of, for example, the Zuiderspui with the Drommedaris, and studies of fishingvessels
some signed 'Th' or 'Tholen'
23.5 x 32 cm.
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