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Jan Mankes artwork • prints & multiples • previously for sale A crow watching a mosquito

Mankes J.  | Jan Mankes, A crow watching a mosquito, woodcut on Japanese paper 11.8 x 10.2 cm, signed w mon in the block and l.r. in full (in pencil and executed in 1918

Jan Mankes

A crow watching a mosquito
woodcut on Japanese paper 11.8 x 10.2 cm, signed w mon in the block and l.r. in full (in pencil and executed in 1918

Literature: Alb. Plasschaert, Just Havelaar, 'Jan Mankes', Wassenaar 1927, pag. 60; A. Mankes-Zernike, R.N. Roland Holst, 'Jan Mankes', Wassenaar 1928, pag. 63; J.R. de Groot, 'Jan Mankes', Leeuwarden 1979, pag. 30; H.F. Bruyel-Van der Palm e.a., 'Jan Mankes, schilderijen, tekeningen en grafiek', Utrecht 1989, pag. 107 en pag. 141; Thom Mercuur, Fronique Oosterhof, 'Woudsterweg. De Friese jaren van Jan Mankes (1909-1915)', Heerenveen 2007, pag. 117; Alied Ottevanger e.a., 'Jan Mankes 1889-1920', Zwolle/Assen/Spanbroek/Arnhem 2007, pag. 129 en pag. 225, cat.nr. Gh 19; Jan de Lange, 'Jan Mankes. Een kunstenaarsleven in brieven', Den Haag/Zwolle 2013, pag. 580, 623, 625, 721.

Jan Mankes, who died of tuberculosis at a young age, was a solitary individual in Dutch art. In 1903 he began working as an apprentice at a Delft stained-glass atelier but in 1908 chose to be a full-time artist instead. He withdrew to his parental home in the Friesian countryside, where he created small, finely painted works of landscapes, people, animals and flowers. His work is characterised by an immense restraint and stillness. It has a dreamlike quality, is vaguely symbolic and, above all, delicate.


Jan Mankes | Four mice, etching, 23.6 x 15.8 cm, signed l.r. and executed 1916

Jan Mankes

prints & multiples • for sale

Four mice

Jan Mankes | Two mice, copper engraving on paper, 10.7 x 13.2 cm, signed l.r. (in pencil) and executed in 1916

Jan Mankes

prints & multiples • for sale

Two mice

Jan Mankes | Vanitas still life, oil on canvas laid down on board, 26.7 x 40.6 cm, signed l.l. with monogram and te dateren 1917

Jan Mankes

painting • for sale

Vanitas still life


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