Landschap Bergen (Mountain Landscape), Leo Gestel
Property from the Collection of Ber van der Molen
Leo Gestel
1881 - 1941
Landschap Bergen (Mountain Landscape)
signed Leo Gestel, titled and dated 1915 on the reverse; signed Leo Gestel and dated 1915 on the stretcher
oil on canvas
52.4 by 38.9cm., 21⅝ by 15¼in.
Framed: 72.5 by 59.2cm., 28½ by 23¼in.
Painted in 1915.
This work will be included in the archives of the forthcoming Critical Catalogue being prepared by the Comité Leo Gestel.
Condition Report:
The canvas is not lined. UV inspection reveals a few spots of retouching to the lower part of the extreme right edge. There is a 2cm-long fine scratch to the centre of the lower right quadrant and a few tiny accretions in places. This work is in overall very good condition.
Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
E.J. Duintjer, Veendam, The Netherlands (sold: Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 1st June 1994, lot 208)
Sale: Christie’s, Amsterdam, 2nd December 1997, lot 365
Kunsthandel Renée Smithuis, Heiloo
Sale: Christie's, Amsterdam, 4th December 2001, lot 278
Blaricum, Kunsthandel Studio 2000
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner
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Property from the Collection of Ber van der Molen
Leo Gestel
1881 - 1941
Landschap Bergen (Mountain Landscape)
signed Leo Gestel, titled and dated 1915 on the reverse; signed Leo Gestel and dated 1915 on the stretcher
oil on canvas
52.4 by 38.9cm., 21⅝ by 15¼in.
Framed: 72.5 by 59.2cm., 28½ by 23¼in.
Painted in 1915.
This work will be included in the archives of the forthcoming Critical Catalogue being prepared by the Comité Leo Gestel.
Condition Report:
The canvas is not lined. UV inspection reveals a few spots of retouching to the lower part of the extreme right edge. There is a 2cm-long fine scratch to the centre of the lower right quadrant and a few tiny accretions in places. This work is in overall very good condition.
Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
E.J. Duintjer, Veendam, The Netherlands (sold: Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 1st June 1994, lot 208)
Sale: Christie’s, Amsterdam, 2nd December 1997, lot 365
Kunsthandel Renée Smithuis, Heiloo
Sale: Christie's, Amsterdam, 4th December 2001, lot 278
Blaricum, Kunsthandel Studio 2000
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner
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