Woodcutter
Oil on canvas, 52 x 31 cm
Signed lower right: A Mauve
Painted about 1880
The subject of workers in the wood was an important subject during the stay of Mauve in Laren in his last decenniae, it was a mix of human activity and the raw aspects of nature.
Provenance:
Fam. Loeber, Laren
Dr A. Lebret, nov. 1923. Mevr. G. Heslenfeld- Lebret.
Auctions:
C.M. Bodenheim, Frederik Muller & Co, Amsterdam, 15 nov. 1892, nr. 63.
Mr. C. Huiskens, Christie Laren, 22 0ct. 1979, nr. 448.
Literature:
Catalogus Anton Mauve 1838-1888, Singer Museum Laren, 1959-'60, cat. nr. 26.
Catalogus Van Veluwezoom naar Haagse school, Kasteel Middachten, de Steeg 1983, 81.
Else Maas, Kneppelhout en de Veluwse schildersbent, Heelsum 1983, ill. p. 69.
Catalogus Anton Mauve (1838-1888). In harmony with nature, Raadhuis De Paauw, Wassenaar, 27 aug.-25 sept. 1991, cat. nr. 26.
