At the loom

細節

Adrien-Jean le Mayeur de Merprès (BELGIAN, 1880-1958)
At the loom
oil on plywood, in the original hand carved wooden frame
22 x 27 cm.

來源

Acquired from the artist by the parents of the present owner, ca. 1946-1948

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拍品專文

This charming little gem shows a very attractive composition of three 'Polloks' weaving. The colours the artist uses now, end fourties beginning fifties are reds and greens. It is remarkable that other paintings on this subject were executed in an earlier stage in Le Mayeur's Balinese period. (Jop Ubbens & Cathinka Huizing, Le Mayeur painter/traveller, Wijk en Aalburg, 1995, p.106-107)

The authenticity of this lot has kindly been confirmed by Drs Cathinka Huizing after first hand examination.