Piet Mondriaan

Illustration number 1001456983
Dimensions: 425x650 pixels
License undetermined

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Object information

Object category: postcard
Shape/dimensions: rectangle (portrait format) 141 x 92 mm
According to Welsh/Joosten 1998, the dimensions of the illustration are 82 x 59 mm.

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

inscription upper center: Lewieken.
signed lower right: Mondriaan
in pseudo-Chinese (?) (Welsh/Joosten 1998); according to Sluijters 1971 the Chinese text is the name of a famous wandering Chinese herbalist
inscription lower right: [J/T]o Ko Saï
dated lower left: Uden, 23/8 (?)-1904
(Welsh/Joosten 1998)

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: dated 1904 (1904)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Portret van Louis van Zwanenbergh (1847-1916)
Other (former) title Other title(s) or name(s) which the work of art has had, or by which it is also known. This sometimes involves rejected identifications of the subject or sitter.: Louis van Zwanenbergh (Lewieken)
English title: Portrait of Louis van Zwanenbergh (1847-1916)
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: man's portrait, bust-length portrait, head to the left side (profile), body sideways to the left (profile), bald, beard

Represented

IB number Number related to the portrait iconography collection RKD.: 122478

Louis van Zwanenbergh 1847-12-07 - 1916-08-08

Name

Zwanenbergh, Louis van

Initials

Call sign

Lewieken

Sex

Date/place of birth

Uden 1847-12-07

Date/place of death

Uden 1916-08-08

Occupation

veehandelaar

Marriage(s)

Provenance

Collection(s)

Private collection
a citizen of Uden or thereabouts (Welsh/Joosten 1998)
1904 -
private collection J.M.J.F.A. Sluijters, Uden
since several decades (Welsh/Joosten 1998). Despite Welsh/Joosten's statement, research shows that there are two surviving examples of this postcard (instead of just the one which was in possession of J.M.J.F.A. Sluijters).

Exhibitions and literature

Literature

Welsh/Joosten 1998 , p. 291, A352 , listed as 'Louis van Zwanenbergh (Lewieken), 1904'
Stap 2011 , p. 63 , listed as 'Lewieken', een tekening van Mondriaans huisbaas in Uden'

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

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Creation date: 2015-09-23; Last modified date: 2021-04-29

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