Jan Toorop (1858-1928)

Miek Janssen mediterend in Domburg

Details

Jan Toorop (1858-1928)
Miek Janssen mediterend in Domburg
signed 'J.th. Toorop' (lower left) and titled 'Miek Janssen mediterend in Domburg' (lower right)
pastel on paper
10.5 x 13.5 cm.
Executed circa 1918-1922.

Provenance

The estate of Miek Janssen, The Hague.
Her sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 26 May 2005, lot 321.
with Kunsthandel Simonis & Buunk, Ede, where acquired by the previous owners.

Literature

Onno Maurer, Gerdy Seegers (a.o.), 2007, pp. 120-121, no. 37.

Exhibited

Amersfoort, Museum Flehite, Jongkind tot van der Leck, de passie van een collectioneur, Collectie Kamerbeek, 21 January – 9 April 2007, no. 37.

Further details

To be included in the Catalogue Raisonné on the artist's work, currently being prepared by G.W.C. van Wezel.

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Lot Essay

Miek Janssen (1890-1953), a catholic mystic poet and writer would meet Jan Toorop in 1912. Until Toorop's death in 1928 they had a very close relationship based on mutual understanding. He encouraged her to write and she became one of the most important promoters of his work.

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