Otto B. de Kat
(Dordrecht 1907 – Laren (NH) 1995)
“De eetkamer te Ukkel”
Signed, dated 1938 and annotated Ukkel St Job l.r.
Signed, dated 1938 and annotated Uccle – Bruxelles on the reverse
Signed, titled and dated 1938 on label on the stretcher
Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 41.3 cm
Provenance:
– Galerie de Krijtkring, Hoorn
– Auction Christie’s Amsterdam, 9 June 1998, lot 227
– Private collection, The Netherlands
– Auction Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 11June 2001, lot 246
– Private collection, The Netherlands
Literature:
– C. Buysse-Dhondt, H. Redeker & W. Vanveselaere, De generatie van 1900 in Nederland en België, Venlo, 1979, page 126 (ill.)
– H. Redeker, Otto B. de Kat, Van Spijk, Venlo, 1984, page 15 (ill.)
– T. Goedings, H. van Run & G. Westerink, Otto B. de Kat: leven en werk 1907-1995, Uitgeverij Thoth, Bussum, 2002, no. 23 (ill.)
Exhibition:
– Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, Otto B. de Kat, 9 April – 4 June 1978
– Cultureel Centrum Venlo, Venlo, De Generatie van 1900 in Nederland en België, 14 September – 12 November 1979
N.B. I:
The depicted lady is poet Joanna Maria Jannette van Zijl (1910-1963), the first wife of the artist, with whom he lived in Ukkel from 1936 to 1940.
N.B. II:
Registered with the RKD under ill.no. 0000119073.