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South Sea Island Native Boat
Jan Poortenaar
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
6in h x 6in w
etching on paper
£160 framed
Item number 280
Native boat under sail in the South Sea Islands dedicated Voor Marietje Almost certainly from his travels to the south sea islands (Java, Bali and the Malay Archipelago) in the 1920’s and his recordings of what he encountered. Signed and inscribed. Good quality etching in a naive manner. We are unable to establish who Marietje was. The work has a slight crease Jan Poortenaar travelled to Java and Bali in the 1920s and wrote a book entitled "An artist in the tropics of Java & beyond" describing the rich cultural mix of Indonesia at the end of the colonial period, with a forward by F Brangwyn.
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| About the artist
Born: Early 20th C.
Jan Poortenaar was a Dutch artist who was an extensive traveller and recorder of History. He wrote a book entitled 'An Artist in the tropics of Java and beyond' with a forward by F. Brangwyn RA. While we have not seen a copy of this book, it is possible that it is illustrated in it. His books are still available. More information please, if you have it.
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| Product type |
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print - final |
| Date of work |
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1920 |
| How we know the date |
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our estimate |
| The last owner of the work |
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private source |
| How we know who the artist is |
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signed |
| How we know the subject |
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inscribed |
| School of painting |
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Modern European |
| Style of painting |
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Naive |
| Approach |
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seascape study representative |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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6 x 6 |
| Condition of work |
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fair |
| Recent restoration |
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No known restoration |
| Where exhibited |
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believed never exhibited |
| Quantity available |
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1 |
| Edition of |
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1 |
| Item number |
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280 |
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So that you know how we have indexed this picture,
below are the keywords we have used. 
print - final, etching, paper, South Sea Island Native Boat, Native boat under sail in the South Sea Islands dedicated Voor Marietje, Almost certainly from his travels to the south sea islands (Java, Bali and the Malay Archipelago) in the 1920’s and his recordings of what he encountered. Signed and inscribed. Good quality etching in a naive manner. We are unable to establish who Marietje was. The work has a slight crease, Jan Poortenaar travelled to Java and Bali in the 1920s and wrote a book entitled "An artist in the tropics of Java & beyond" describing the rich cultural mix of Indonesia at the end of the colonial period, with a forward by F Brangwyn., 00.00.1920, Modern European, Naive, seascape, study, representative, sailing, sea, Indonesia, native sailing boat, brown, black |
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