Leo Gestel

(Woerden 1881 - Hilversum 1941)
La danse du départ
Titled m.l.
Annotated Laren z.verpl. l.r.
Ink and pencil on paper, 25 x 20 cm
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by family of the present owner
N.B.:
Leo Gestel was in the Sint Jan hospital regularly between 1933 and 1941. This did not stop him from drawing; he made this work for the beloved Dr. W.A. Boekelman, which shows how Gestel celebrates the fact that he can leave the hospital once more.