The Secret Burial, Dick Elffers, 1944
hardboard, h 95cm × w 116cm × d 3.9cm
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© Dick Elffers
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Identification
Title(s)
The Secret Burial
Object type
Object number
SK-A-4834
Inscriptions / marks
- signature and date: ‘dick Elffers '44’
Description
De heimelijke begrafenis. Een Joodse onderduiker in Arnhem die waanzinnig was geworden en door het verzet gedood, wordt heimelijk begraven onder de keukenvloer. Om het lichaam van de dode staan drie mannen: prof. Arie de Froe, J. Verhulst (in de oorlog Jan Stad genaamd) en Dick Elffers.
Creation
Material and Technique
Material
Measurements
height 95 cm × width 116 cm
depth 3.9 cm
Subject
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
- Gift of E.J. Willems, Vorden
Acquisition
gift 1985
Copyright
Dick Elffers
Provenance
…; donated by Eldert Johannes Willems (1923-2012), Vorden, to the museum, through the mediation of the artist, 1985
Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)
Notes
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.
Documentation
- All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 52
- Dick Elffers en de kunsten : een leest heeft drie voeten, Rob Schröder, Max Bruinsma, Lies Ros, p. 85
- Vrije kunst in een onvrije tijd : beeldende kunst in de periode 1940-'45, cat.nr. 46
- Keuze uit recente schenkingen en legaten, p. 315-316, afb. 29
- Documentatiemap Schilderijen.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8377
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