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Sleeping monkeys
Jozef Mendes da Costa (Dutch, 1864–1939)
Dutch
Dated 1908
Medium/Technique
Salt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions
Height: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Justin G. Schiller and Dennis M. V. David in honor of Clifford S. Ackley
Accession Number2018.3679
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionTwo cuddling monkeys on a round plinth. Beige stoneware with dark brown glaze.
Marks
Signed with incised artist's monogram and dated 1908
ProvenanceHendricus Peter Bremmer (b. 1871 - d. 1956), Amsterdam [see note]; by descent within the family; June 10, 1999, Bremmer descendant sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, lot 23, to Justin Schiller and Dennis David, Kingston, NY; February 5, 2008, Schiller-David sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, lot 104, unsold; December 10, 2009, Schiller-David sale, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, lot 74196, unsold; 2018, year-end gift of Justin Schiller and Dennis David to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2019)
NOTE: H. P. Bremmer no. 709. On loan to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, until 1957.
NOTE: H. P. Bremmer no. 709. On loan to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, until 1957.