Adolf Melchior (1898-1962)

[Modern drawing, chalk] The ‘Pinocchio’ ballet dancer, dated 1954, 1 p.

Name: [Modern drawing, chalk] The 'Pinocchio' ballet dancer, dated 1954, 1 p.
SKU: PR121080
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Caricature (?) portrait of a young girl in a ballet gown. Some of her facial features are more evident, like her nose and the eye expression, whereas her body is rather nice and well-posed.

Inscribed on the bottom left: Kunst zij ons doel / 22 Jan 1954. Signed on the bottom right.

[From: lambiek.net] “Adolf Melchior was a doctor, artist and writer from Haarlem, the Netherlands. Under the pseudonym Eduard het Schaap, he was author of the book ‘Ware en Onware Verhalen’, which was published by J.H. Gottmer on the occasion of Haarlem’s 700th anniversary in 1946. For the same publisher, he illustrated ‘De Eerste Walvisvaart van de Willem Barendsz’, the journal of a ship’s doctor during a trip to the arctic. He collected his travel impressions in the book ‘Schoonheid en bijgeloof in Oost-Afrika’, which was published by De Spaarnestad in 1958. In his art, he was influenced by Anton Pieck.”

[NL] Kunst Zij Ons Doel is een van de oudste beroepsverenigingen van beeldend kunstenaars in Nederland. KZOD is gevestigd in Haarlem, opgericht in 1821. KZOD is een afsplitsing van Kunstmin en Vlijt uit 1809, een vereniging die op haar beurt weer was voortgekomen uit het Teekencollegie

SKU: PR121080

Red and black chalk on paper; total: 509 x 322 mm; in very good condition.

€ 90,75 (€ 75,00 ex. btw)

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