Woman in Red Cane Chair

Co Westerik (in 1956)

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In the 1950s, abstract painting was so dominant it seemed like a new universal language, a kind of visual Esperanto. Nonetheless, in every country there were artists who continued to make realistic art in one form or another. In the Netherlands, Co Westerik created a highly personal oeuvre in which autobiographical elements are combined with references to age-old traditions of portraiture and figure painting.

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Title	Woman in Red Cane Chair
Material and technique	Oil paint and tempera on canvas on panel
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 51,6 cm Width 61,2 cm Depth 3,5 cm
Artists	Artist: Co Westerik
Accession number	3052 (MK)
Credits	Purchased with the support of Erasmus Foundation and Stichting Bevordering van Volkskracht, 1982
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1982
Creation date	in 1956
Internal exhibitions	Co Westerik - Tekeningen verzameld door Leo van Oosterom / Drawings collected by Leo van Oosterom (2012) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017)
Material	Panel > Worked wood > Wood > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Canvas > Worked fibres > Fibre > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Tempera > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe