Willy Shutter
(Amersfoort 1873 – The Hague 1949)
snowball fight
Signed lr
Signed, dated Oct. 1913 and annotated ll
Gouache and crayon on paper, 25.6 x 21.8 cm
Provenance:
– Collection Van Ommen van Guijlik, Amsterdam
– Private collection, The Netherlands
NB:
Winter scenes by the hand of Sluiter are very popular, likewise his descriptions of the sophisticated life in the ski resort of St. Moritz where he was able to record the fashionable skiers and strollers with their red cheeks, due to flirtation and cold.