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Lambert Zijl (Dutch, 1866-1947)
Squatting boy
Details
Lambert Zijl (Dutch, 1866-1947)
Squatting boy
signed and dated in the bronze L.Z. 1913
bronze with a dark green patina
29 cm. high
Conceived in 1913 and cast in a small edition.
Special notice
Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Sale room notice
Please note that the present lot is a design for a fountain.
See also R.W.P. de Vries Jr., Lambertus Zijl, Bussum, 1946, p. 49 for the same design in plaster.
We kindly thank Mr. D.J. Nienhuis for his help in cataloguing this lot.
Lot Essay
Madelon Broekhuis ed., Lambertus Zijl 1866-1947, Assen 1990, p. 192, (another cast ill. in a room of the Stedelijk Museum during the Lambert Zijl exhibition of 1927)