This drawing by van Meegeren has just turned up. It is a charcoal work done in 1940-41 of a cathedral being built. and is part of van Meegeren's Symbolist Period. When the Nazis invaded Holland they took possession of this work and hung it in a hall in Rotterdam. After the war it showed up on the black market and was purchased in exchange for cigarettes. Now of all places it hangs in a juvenile correction facility in Connecticut. So like van Meegeren this work is spending time behind bars. |
Work also known as Glorification of Labor Han van Meegeren 1940-41 Juvenile Hall, Connecticut |
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