The Kalkmarkt in winter, Amsterdam

Details

George Hendrik Breitner (Dutch, 1857-1923)
The Kalkmarkt in winter, Amsterdam
signed 'GH Breitner' (lower left)
oil on canvas
102 x 151.5 cm.

Provenance

Collection Karl Friedrich Meyer-Fierz, Zurich.
Meyer-Fierz Sale, Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 13 July 1926, lot VIII, as: Vue de port au sortir de l'hiver.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 7-9 November 1978, lot 290, as: Gemeerde platbodems in een Amsterdamse gracht.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 26 April 1989, lot 93, as: A view of the Kalkmarkt, Amsterdam, with moored flat-bottomed vessels, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, G.H. Breitner, Kunsthandel Van Voorst van Beest, The Hague, 1990, ill. as: Lime kilns in Amsterdam.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Fritz Meyer-Fierz was a Swiss collector working for the Deli-Maatschappij in the Dutch Indies. He occasionally visited Amsterdam where he purchased paintings at Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co. His collection was gradually sold following the death of his widow. The Dutch paintings and works on paper in the collection were offered at the above mentioned sale at Frederik Muller in 1926.

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