Lot 130: ANTHON GERARD ALEXANDER, RIDDER VAN RAPPARD DUTCH, 1858-1892

A YOUNG WORKMAN AT A STRETCHING FRAME

A YOUNG WORKMAN AT A STRETCHING FRAME

32 by 25,5 cm.

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

Atelier G. Post Greve
Collection of the artist A.H. Koning, Voorthuizen

EXHIBITED

The present lot was executed in 1890-1891 when Van Rappard worked in the Préviniaire cotton-dyeing plant in Haarlem. In his paintings of individual workman the artist focusses his attention on expressive, simple forms. It is one of the rare examples in this series that stayed in private hands. It can be compared to a similar version in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo (inv.no. 621).

LITERATURE

J.W. Brouwer a.o., Anthon van Rappard. Companion & Correspondent of Vincent van Gogh. His life and all his works, Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam/Maarsen 1974, pp. 117, 126-127