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Contact Exhibitor| Artist Name | Jan Toorop (Purworejo 1858 - 1928 Hague, The) |
|---|---|
| Title | Contemplatie (Nirwana) |
| Date of Artwork | 1894-1895 |
| Medium | Pencil with white heightening on paper |
| Size | 21 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. • 552 x 341 mm |
| Signed | Signed & dated 'J.Toorop 1895' |
| Framed Dimensions | 28 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. • 73 x 51.4 cm |
Provenance
Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 1 December 2004, lot 13;
Private collection, Germany;
Studio 2000, Blaricum, 2012;
Private collection, New York
Literature
Paul Schultze-Naumberg, ”Jan Toorop”, Die Kunst für Alle, 13, 1897/1898, no. 6, p. 91, ill.;
Ph. Zilcken, ”Jan Toorop”, Elsevier’s geïllustreerd maandschrift, 8, 1898, Vol. 1, p. 126;
Albert Plasschaert, Jan Toorop, Amsterdam 1925, p. 36, no. 1;
Bettina Spaanstra-Polak, Het fin de siècle in de Nederlandse schilderkunst. De symbolistische beweging 1890-1900, The Hague 1955, cat.no. 78;
Marty Bax, ”Theosophie und Kunst in den Niederlanden 1880-1915”, in: Okkultismus und Avantgarde. Von Munch bis Mondrian 1900-1915, 1995, p. 282, fig. 226, p. 295;
Catherine de Croës, François Daulte, a.o., Symbolisme en Europe, Tokyo 1996, cat.no. 82, p. 122;
William Rothuizen, Jan Toorop in zijn tijd, Amsterdam 1998, cover ill., p. 17 ill.;
Harry J. Kraaij & William Rothuizen, Jan Toorop: Het late Symbolisme, Amsterdam 2001 p. 17, ill., p. 36;
Bisanz-Prakken, Toorop/Klimt. Toorop in Wenen: Inspiratie voor Klimt, exh.cat. Gemeentemuseum, The Hague 2005, cat.no. 121, p. 225;
Marian Bisanz-Prakken, in: Gustav Klimt. The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky collections, exh.cat. Neue Galerie, New York 2007, pp. 257-258, ill.;
Gerard van Wezel, Jan Toorop. Zang der Tijden, The Hague 2016, no. 189, p. 113.</p
Exhibition History
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Okkultismus und Avantgarde. Von Munch bis Mondrian 1900-1915, 3 June – 20 August 1995;
Zeist, Slot Zeist, Jan Toorop, 15 October 1995 – 7 January 1996;
Takamatsu, City Museum of Fine Arts, Symbolisme en Europe, 1 November – 8 December 1996, cat.no. 82, p. 122;
Tokyo, Bunkamura Museum of Fine Arts, 14 December 1996 – 9 February 1997;
Himeij, City Museum of Art, 15 February – 30 March 1997;
Katwijk, Katwijks Museum, Jan Toorop. Het Late Symbolisme, 23 October 2001 – 19 January 2002, no. 23;
Domburg, Jan Toorop: Sporen van een Leven, 2005;
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Toorop in Wenen: Inspiratie voor Klimt, 7 October 2006 – 7 January 2007, fig. 47, p. 40, cat.no. 121, pp. 223-225;
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Jan Toorop, 26 February – 29 May 2016, cat.no. 189.</p