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Willem Witsen artwork • painting • previously for sale Still life with fruit and vase with flowers

Witsen W.A. | 'Willem' Arnold Witsen, Still life with fruit and vase with flowers, oil on canvas 52.2 x 64.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1920

Willem Witsen signatures Still life with fruit and vase with flowers

Willem Witsen

Amsterdam 1860-1923

1860-1923

Still life with fruit and vase with flowers
oil on canvas 52.2 x 64.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1920

This painting was previously for sale.

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'Willem' Arnold Witsen

Amsterdam 1860-1923

Still life with fruit and vase with flowers
oil on canvas 52.2 x 64.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1920

Provenance: veiling Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 april 1998, lotnr. 357; Marius Sterrenburg Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, alwaar verworven door de vorige eigenaar.

Literature: Jenny Reynaerts e.a., 'Willem Witsen (1860-1923): schilderijen, tekeningen, prenten, foto's', Bussum 2003, pag. 101, afb. in kleur pag. 103.

Willem Witsen belonged to the Tachtigers (Eighties Movement) and was based on the principle of ‘l’art pour l’art’: the beauty of a work of art is the goal in itself.