Bart van der Leck (1876-1958)
“The importance of ‘De Stijl’ – and the enormous
role played by Piet Mondriaan and Bart van der Leck
in it – is hard to overestimate. The group brought
about major innovations and is still influential.
In particular, the progressive, multidisciplinary character
of the group of artists is a great source of inspiration for
many contemporary artists, architects and couturiers.”
Quote from Benno Tempel/Hans Janssen, at the introduction of the exhibition
‘Piet Mondrian and Bart van der Leck – The invention of a new art’,
Gemeentemuseum The Hague, 2017.
Bart van der Leck’s heirs offered us a fine collection of his works that remained in the family up until now.
The collection includes; brightly colored gouaches, early lithographs, very rare ceramics and pre-war textiles.
A selection ‘works on paper’ from this collection;
‘Girl playing flute with goat’
An impressive big work of Van der Leck, he made an oil painting with the same subject but a different composition.
72 x 102 cm
Charcoal, pencil and watercolor on tracing paper
Provenance: The artist’s family
Price on request >
‘Ducks’
Van der Leck also made an oil painting of this beautiful composition.
20.4 x 15 cm, frame 38 x 33.5 cm.
Watercolor on paper
Provenance: The artist’s family
Price on request >
‘Farmer Girl with Cow’, 1922
35.5 x 46 cm, frame approx. 50 x 60 cm.
Original lithograph on paper
Early lithograph from the first series on thin paper, composition is the same as the oil painting ‘Peasant girl with cow’ from 1921.
Lit. Cees Hilhorst, RKD, ‘Friendship at a distance, the correspondence between Bart van der Leck and HP Bremmer’,
Uitgeverij Toth, Bussum 1999, p.121-122.
Provenance: Family of the artist
Sold to private collectors in Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands in 2023 and 2024.
‘Bowl with apples’, 1922
30 x 43 cm, frame approx. 45.7 x 59 cm.
Original lithograph on paper
Early lithograph from the first series on thin paper, composition is the same as the oil painting ‘Bowl with apples’ from 1921 (coll. Centraal Museum Utrecht)
Lit. Cees Hilhorst, RKD, ‘Friendship at a distance, the correspondence between Bart van der Leck and HP Bremmer’,
Uitgeverij Toth, Bussum 1999, p.112-113, p.121-122.
Provenance: Family of the artist
Sold to private collectors in America, Italy and The Netherlands in 2023.
Design with abstract decor for ceramic decorative dish 1936-1939
39 x 40 cm., frame 46 x 46 cm.
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Marked with: “Estate B. vd Leck No. 145”
Provenance: Family of the artist
Sold to a private collector in The Netherlands in 2023.
front
Abstract composition with primary colors and gray, with composition on the front and reverse.
reverse
Design for a decoration of a vase
10.6 x 16.2 cm, frame 31 x 43.5 cm.
Charcoal and watercolor on paper
Small tear on the left
Provenance: family of the artist
Price: on request >
Design for the ceramic tiles ‘young goat’ and ‘goat’, 1940s
27 x 18.5 cm, frame 39.5 x 34 cm.
Charcoal and watercolor on tracing paper
Provenance: family of the artist
Price: on request >
Abstract composition with primary colors and grey, 1930-1935
Design for a tapestry for the avant-garde warehouse Metz&Co
10 x 18.5 cm, frame/frame 28.5 x 38.5 cm.
Pencil and gouache on paper
Provenance: family of the artist
Price on request >
This is just a part of our collection with works of Bart van der Leck
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