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71 Jan Sluijters (1881-1957) ‘Le Roman’ oil on canvas, 30,5x40,5 cm signed ‘Jan Sluijters’ (upper left)
The lying nude is suggested to be Greet van Cooten (1885-1967), the artist’s wife, and the seated lady Karin van Leyden (1906-1977). Please compare to a painting by the artist where the figures are placed on opposite sides in the composition, illustrated in: Jop Ubbens, Dick Adleaar, Matthijs Erdman and Ragnar van Leyden, ‘Karin & Ernst van Leyden’, Haarlem 1999, p. 14. Also, please compare to a portrait by the artist of Karin van Leyden, illustrated in: Mieke van der Wal, ‘Jan Sluijters: vrouwen’, Zwolle 2002, no. 56.
Literature: -Jacqueline de Raad, Digital catalogue raisonné, ‘Oeuvrecatalogus van de schilder Jan Sluijters’, RKD Studies 1998. Provenance: -Private collection, Amsterdam. -With Kunsthandel Auke van der Werff. -Auction, Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 26 November 2002, lot 116.
Executed in 1931.
€10,000 - €15,000
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