Willem Maris
"Eenden met kuikens: Ducks in a Meadow"
WILLEM MARIS
The Hague 1844-1910
EENDEN MET KUIKENS: DUCKS IN A MEADOW
Watercolor and gouache on paper
39 x 56.5 cm.
Signed: lower left 'Willem Maris'.
Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands; Auction Christie's Amsterdam, Wednesday May 19, 2010 'Impressionist and Modern Art', lot no. 00025; Mr. John Reid, Park Terrace, Glascow; Mrs. Elisabeth Salvesen née Reid, thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited: The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Maris, December 22, 1935 - February 2, 1936, cat. No. 300, as: Eenden en kuikens.
Literature: Catalog Maris exhibition 1935-1936 Gemeentemuseum 'S-Gravenhage, cat.nr 300: Ducks with chicks. In the foreground the blue-gray water. Behind it the lushly overgrown bank, in sparkling and lively colors, tested broadly and vigorously.