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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.97
People
Willem Bastiaan Tholen, Dutch (Amsterdam 1860 - 1931 The Hague)
Title
A Young Boy Reading at Night, possibly Paul Arntzenius
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370610

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
49 × 61.5 cm (19 5/16 × 24 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, black chalk: Tholen
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: studie voor het schilderij "kinderen by de lamp" / gereproduceerd in het Tholen - boek / en eigendom Museum te Middelburg.
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink (in artist's hand): Met myne Gelukwenschen op dezen dag bied ik U deze / teekening aan, die echter nog moet worden / voltooied / Tholen
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: F1 / 72
  • watermark: J. WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1891

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, May 26, 1965, lot 43] sold; to a private collection, sold [through Venduehuis der Notarissen, The Hague, November 21, 2018, lot 119]; to George Abrams, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in honor of William W. Robinson, Curator of Drawings (1988-2016) and in memory of Justice Ruth I. Abrams (Radcliffe '53, Harvard Law School '56)
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.97
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/14/2022 - 11/09/2022

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