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inscription: ‘Soldaten ! / SPAART EN BEVEILIGT/ KUNST’
inscription: ‘KUNST’
inscription: ‘MONUMENTENZORG’
inscription: ‘geweldsbedreiging’
Description
Soldaat op de rug gezien voor een monument van monumentenzorg met het eeuwige vuur, in de vlammen staat kunst geschreven erboven een gebalde vuist en de tekst 'Soldaten spaart en beveiligt Kunst'.
? collection of the artist; his widow, An Gestel-Overtoom (1892-1961), Blaricum; by whom bequeathed to the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam,1960;{Note RMA, ICN transfer file.} transferred to the Dienst Verspreide Rijkscollecties, Amsterdam, 1981;{Called collection ICN, Rijswijk, 1971-2011.} from whom transferred to the museum, 2008
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum.
In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.