Caption

Postcard to Henriëtte Johanna Petronella van Hilten, His heart cannot separate from mother and child, drawing, postcard, Postcard with a drawing of Jan Ponstijn sitting on a suitcase crying with his hand against his head. In the background a sun with a grimace. Postcard is part of an album., writer (clerical worker): Leo Gestel (signed by artist), Amsterdam, in or before 1911-08-08, writer (clerical worker), draftsman (artist), paper, pasteboard, materials by function, ink, pencil, pen, writing (processes), height 89 mm x width 139 mm, Person, Jan Petrus Ponstijn, Henriëtte Johanna Petronella Ponstijn-van Hilten, portrait, self-portrait of artist, weeping, A hand-drawn sketch of a hunched man leaning on a surface with his head resting on one hand, his face showing a beard and long dark hair, with a tear or streak near his eye and a blue shaded area on his chest; he wears a checkered jacket rendered with crosshatched lines and blue highlights, and one arm hangs down with visible fingers. Near his feet are a pair of shoes shaded in red, a bowl or shallow dish, and a hat with a band. In the upper right is a circular inset containing a rough sketch of a face. The drawing uses ink linework with colored accents on a beige paper background and some handwritten marks along the edges.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B47_425

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43.6Mb (11.8Mb) / 10.3in x 16.4in / 3098 x 4916 (300dpi)

Keywords

Postcard Henriëtte Johanna Petronella van Hilten heart cannot separate mother child drawing postcard Jan Ponstijn sitting suitcase crying hand head background sun grimace part album writer clerical worker Leo Gestel signed artist Amsterdam 1911-08-08 draftsman paper pasteboard materials function ink pencil pen writing processes height 89 mm x width 139 mm Person Jan Petrus Ponstijn Henriëtte Johanna Petronella Ponstijn-van Hilten portrait self-portrait weeping hand-drawn sketch hunched man leaning surface head resting face showing beard long dark hair tear streak near eye blue shaded area chest wears checkered jacket rendered crosshatched lines blue highlights arm hangs down visible fingers Near feet pair shoes shaded red bowl shallow dish hat band upper right circular inset containing rough sketch face drawing uses linework colored accents beige paper background handwritten marks edges