Live Auction 2773Twentieth Century Art
Piet Ouborg (DUTCH, 1893-1956)
Lot 108

Piet Ouborg (DUTCH, 1893-1956)

De Ram

Closed4 December 2007

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EUR 31,450

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Piet Ouborg (DUTCH, 1893-1956)
De Ram
signed and dated 'P.Ouborg/'34' (lower right)
oil on canvas
65 x 80.5 cm.

Johannes and Cricri Tielrooy, thence by descent to the present owner.
On loan to the Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, from 1985 until 2007.

Specialist note

This work is one of the highlights of Dutch Surrealism. As Ten Duis states "Ram is an intriguing painting, never before in Ouborg's work was there such emphatic and unconcealed symbolism (...). Consequently, the Ram phallically pierced in a ground full of languid desires, points to potency and life-giving forces, but at the same time is reminiscent of a sacrificial beast (...) " (op cit. p. 45)
Dreams are translated in Ouborg's own visionary language.