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Sheet of Wallpaper with Umbellifers, Butterflies, and Dragonflies
Theo Nieuwenhuis, 1894
In 1906 the painter and graphic artist Willem Witsen had a room of his house on Amsterdam’s Oosterpark lined with this wallpaper. He chose the pattern with yellow umbellifers on a purple background. The receipts have been preserved and we know that Witsen ordered 200 sheets of paper at 25 cents a piece. Except for some discolouration, the wallpaper in this room is still intact.
- Artwork typeprint, design
- Object numberRP-P-1971-230
- Dimensionsheight 650 mm x width 840 mm
- Physical characteristicskleurenlithografie in kleuren