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Details

Toon Verhoef (b. 1946)
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signed and dated 'T. Verhoef 87' (on the reverse)
oil and alkyd on canvas
292.5 x 471cm.
Painted in 1987

Provenance

Art & Project, Amsterdam.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

M. Vos, Toon Verhoef: Toekenning van De Prijs van De Amsterdamse Kunststichting 1988 aan Toon Verhoef op 29 september 1988, Amsterdam 1988 (illustrated in colour, back cover).
Toon Verhoef, exh. cat., Schaffhausen, Hallen für Neue Kunst, 1991 (illustrated, p. 39).

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1993-2017 (on permanent loan).

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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'All my paintings are based on preliminary sketches or drawings. I usually spend a long period drawing, doodling, ruminating, turning things around in my head before the idea and the character of a new painting become clear. After this gestation period the format, shape, material, colour but especially the 'personality' of the painting are settled - the sketch reminds me of all these aspects and I need it throughout the process of constructing the painting to conjure up the complex of elements that make up its character. ' - T. Verhoef

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