Maria de Ruiter-de Witt
Coconut
Pastel chalk on linen depicting a coconut palm and hanging coconut.
Status
Available
- Year
- 1995
- Dimensions
- 70 × 87 cm
- Technique
- Pastel chalk on linen
- Material
- Linen
About this work
Study of a coconut palm with a hanging coconut at the centre and a lighter plant element below it. The composition is rendered with loose, transparent pastel strokes in green, red and earth tones, while the texture of the linen remains visible.
Artwork details
- Artist
- Maria de Ruiter-de Witt
- Year
- 1995
- Dimensions
- 70 × 87 cm
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Technique
- Pastel chalk on linen
- Material
- Linen
Signature
- Present
- Yes
- Position
- Lower right
- Transcription
- Maria de Ruiter de Witt 1995
- Certainty
- Medium
- Description
- Signed and dated at the lower right; the signature is partly difficult to read because of the linen texture.
Frame and glazing
- Framed
- Yes
- Glazing
- Unknown
- Description
- Metallic-coloured frame with gold-coloured accents.
Condition
- Assessment basis
- photographs_and_inventory
- Artwork
- No obvious tears or losses in the artwork are visible in the available photographs. No physical condition assessment has been carried out.
- Frame
- The frame is in good condition.
Classification
- Technique
- Pastel chalk on linen
- Material
- Linen
- Ownership
- Foundation collection
- Status
- Available
References
- Book page
- 0
- Collection number
- 26-20781-1
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