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A fisherman in clogs sleeping on a bench on the side of a boat. A second sailing vessel in the background.
Woodcut on Japanese paper, sheet size 343 x 293 mm., image size c. 217 x 228 mm. Monogrammed lower right. Made by Dirk Hidde Nijland and published in the Houtsnedenummer (Woodcut issue) of the famous periodical Wendingen in 1919 (year 2, nr. 7/8). It was printed by De Volharding and published by De Hooge Brug.
Dirk Hidde Nijland (Dordrecht 1881 – 1955 Bloemendaal) was a Dutch artist who was active from c. 1900 to 1950. He was a painter, graphic artist, ceramist and draughtsperson. In 1950 he contracted an eye disease which forced him to stop painting.
In good condition, the left edge folded over. A diagonal crease in the right side of the image. Some more creases in the delicate sheet edges.