Decor 1e acte 'In Holland staat een huis'

Details

Pyke Koch (Dutch, 1901-1991)
Decor 1e acte 'In Holland staat een huis'
signed, dated and inscribed with title 'Pyke Koch/nov. 1936' (lower right)
tempera on paper
34 x 49 cm.

Literature

Jan Engelman, 'Het gezichtspunt' in: De Groene Amsterdammer, Vol 12, 21 August 1937, p. 99 (ill.).
Jan Engelman, Pyke Koch, Amsterdam 1941, p. 36 (ill.).
Carel Blotkamp, 'De heilsoldate moet eruit. Over Koch en Nijhoff' in: Jong Holland, Vol 2 (May 1986) 2, pp. 12-14 (ill.).
Exh. cat. Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Pyke Koch, schilderijen en Tekeningen, 26 February-14 May 1995, p. 253, no. 186 (ill.).

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Lot Essay

The theatre project 'In Holland staat een huis' was part of the festivities of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard's notice of their intended marriage in 1937. This design of a clouded sky was used as a decor for the prologue of the theatre piece. Allegedly Koch has also made designs for the first and second act. Unfortunately these have never been found. (exh. cat 1995, p. 253)

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