Willem Witsen artwork • painting • for sale 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 is for sale.
Price: € 10,000
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.
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