Pre-Valentine Wonderful Sale
Lot 188:
Description
Keywords: Dutch Modernism, Figurative Art, Female Figure, Art Deco, Surrealist, Early 20th Century European Art, Post Impressionist, Mythology, Fauve, expressive painting, figurative, still life, nudes and portraits.
NO RESERVE Jan Sluyters pastel painting on paper mounted to cardboard depicting Venus and Cupid in front of a mirror. Possibly a study sketch for his larger work. Signed lower right.
Johannes Carolus Bernardus Sluijters, or Sluyters was a Dutch painter and co-founder of the Moderne Kunstkring. Sluijters was a leading pioneer of various Post-Impressionist movements in the Netherlands. He experimented with several styles, including Fauvism and Cubism, finally settling on a colorful expressionism.
(Unframed)
Measurement: 21 3/8 x 18 in. (54.3 x 45.7 cm.) Approx
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