Johan Coenraad Altorf (1876-1955)
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Johan Coenraad Altorf (1876-1955)

Elephant

Details
Johan Coenraad Altorf (1876-1955)
Elephant
signed with monogram and numbered '7-XII' (on the base)
stoneware
28 cm. high
Conceived circa 1920, and cast by W.C. Brouwer in an edition of twelve (numbered I-XII/XII-XII)
Literature
Pier Terwen, 'Het ceramische werk van J.C. Altorf en de samenwerking met Chris Lanooij' in: Vormen uit vuur, Vol. II, (1998), p. 15, no. 12 (another cast illus.)
F. Leidelmeijer a.o., Leven in een verzameling. Toegepaste kunst 1890 - 1920 uit de collectie Meentwijck, Laren/Zwolle 2000, p. 179, no. 210 (another cast illus.)
Exhibited
Zwolle, Kunstzaal het Hopmanshuis, Herleving van de Nederlandse beeldhouwkunst in de jaren 1890-1920, 1956, (another cast)
Special notice
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