Lot 172: Piet Wiegman (1885-1963)

Kerkhof in de sneeuw (Thorn) - Churchyard of Thorn, Limburg signed with initials 'PW' (lower right) oil on canvas 200 x 150 cm. Executed circa 1926. PROVENANCE Piet Boendermaker, Bergen, no. 1035 (twice: on a label and in red crayons on the stretcher), and P.B. 1943 (twice: in red and in blue crayons on the stretcher). Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, inv.no. B/S/78 (on loan). LITERATURE Kroniek voor Hedendaagsche Kunst en Cultuur, Vol. II, February 1937 (ill. as Kerkhof, Coll. Boendermaker) EXHIBITION Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Hollandsche Kunstkring, 1926, no. 123 (Nlg. 800) Amsterdam, De Ronde Brug, Piet Wiegman, 1937 (as: Kerkhof, Coll. Boendermaker) Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Bergense School, 1939, no. 56 (as: Kerkhof in Limburg, Coll. Boendermaker) Delft, Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof, Piet Wiegman en de oude Delftse meesters uit het Mauritshuis, 1950, no. 19 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Ter gelegenheid van de 65ste verjaardag NOTES Piet Wiegman moved to Thorn, in the province of Limburg, in 1923 and stayed there for seven years.