Harm Kamerlingh Onnes artwork • painting • previously for sale Fun at the cable car park in Valkenburg.
Harm Kamerlingh Onnes
Zoeterwoude 1893-1985 Leiden
1893-1985
Fun at the cable car park in Valkenburg.
oil on board 49.7 x 59.8 cm, signed l.r. with monogram and dated '60
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: coll. C.P. Jooren, Den Haag, 1963; coll. W.P.A. Ditmar, Den Haag, inv.nr. 193; coll. Unilever Nederland, verworven op 3 jan. 1973, inv.nr. 1973-25 en 90340.
Exhibited: Leiden, Stedelijk Museum 'De Lakenhal', ‘H.H. Kamerlingh Onnes’, 15 febr.-18 maart 1963, cat.nr. 105 (als 'Valkenburg').
he first cable car in Valkenburg opened in 1953 but was soon forced to close due to the use of unsuitable materials, such as the wheels of old American tanks. In 1955, the cable car reopened as we see it here. This painting showcases the best of 'HKO': plenty of short stories, a riot of color, and many humorously depicted figures.
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