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Artwork is drawn on a delicate and uneven sheet that has been pieced together along upper edge to verso. Stable closed tear with small loss in front of linen hinge. Sheet with an old horizontal crease to center and small chip to upper right corner. Scattered soft creases in keeping with artist's working method and type of paper used. Framed behind glass measuring 18 x 12.25 inches. The Netherlands, c. 1925
graphite and ink on paper
11½ h × 5¾ w in (29 × 15 cm) Provenance: Bart van der Leck | Mrs. N. Schonk-van der Leck | Thence by descent | Christie's, Amsterdam, 20th Century Decorative Arts, 21 December 1999, Lot 241 | Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd


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Date:
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