Max Lieberman(n) / Nadine van Lierde

This work has been done in crayon so not a watercolor, 

although there are some traces of paint that can be detected

One way or another it has a nice atmosphere and it was 

probably made in the Netherlands and Max Liebermann did 

had several stays in the Netherlands. Reading the things

written on the back it should be the Tea Garden in Leiden.

Work on paper.  Dimensions 50 / 29 cm.

This way of signing his work we haven't bee able to find so 

probably a forgery but why make a falsification and then

writing the name with just one prefix "n"? We recently

discovered another work, hanging in the Singer Museum

Laren that also has been signed with only one "n" so

our hope has raised a bit! 

Maybe the back of the paper the artist worked on could 

add anything to the research regarding the originality of 

this work. Mrs. Margreet Nouwen seems to be the expert

in the field of sketches, watercolors and crayons. She has 

close contact with the Max Liebermann Gesellschaft 

in Berlin.

Written on the back is the place this crayon depicts:

"Theetuin te Leiden langs de Vliet."

Nadine van Lierde

This work dates out of her more interesting periods.

It has been made in the time she was awarded with several prizes.

A bit of a strange work but that can be seen more often by

some belgium artists. These investigations in the corners

of what is appopriate are fascinating me.

Mixed techniques. Work on paper. Dimensions 35 / 50 cm.