77 1989 Art Zürcher P J Small archive concerning the art dealer and publisher Petrus Jacobus Zürcher 1868 ?
(1). Anonymous (early 20th cent.). (Cradle). Drawing, pencil, 17,7x16,4 cm., "anno 1906" in the image.
- Yellowed and dustsoiled; horizontal fold.
= Design of the cradle for Zürcher's daughter Nella Elisabeth ("Honnij") Zürcher, born 24 June 1906. The four sides of the cradle were decorated with panels by painters represented by Zürcher, i.a. Jozef Israëls and W. Maris. - WITH a contemp. photograph of the cradle in the richly decorated interior of the Zürcher family (16,5x22 cm. Verso mouldy; lower left corner sl. dam.).
(2). Catalogue des editions de P.J. Zürcher. Editeur et Marchand des Beaux Arts. The Hague, P.J. Zürcher (Villa "Erica"), n.d. (±1911), (4),54p., ills., orig. wr., sm. 4to.
- Last page sl. dam. from formerly sticking together w. last blank. Owner's entry on frontwr.
(3). Leeuwen, M. van (early 20th cent.). (Full-length portrait a seated P.J. Zürcher). Oil on canvas, 100x79,5 cm., signed in lower left corner, framed.
- Craquelé and some flaked spots. In need of cleaning and restoration.
= Possibly by Marinus Willem Justus van Leeuwen (1885-1945). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
(4). Weissenbruch, J.H. (1824-1903). AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED "Weissenbruch" to "Waarde Mevrouw Zurcher", dated "Haag 29 jan 1903", pen and ink, recto and verso (verso address only).
= "(...) Ontvang bij deze mijne welgemeende dank voor het heerlijke gebak maar Gij moet mij niet gaan verwennen want dit is niet goed voor mij. Dieet is mij zeer aanbevolen door mijn dokter (...)".
(5). (P.J. Zürcher Art Gallery). Two photographs of the interior of the gallery, ±1909, each 16,5x23 cm., mounted on (sl. soiled and 1x dam.) board, showing an exhibition of paintings. - WITH ±30 photographs of contemp. paintings (from the stock of the Gallery?), various sizes, partly attached to paper mounts.
- Mainly (partly badly) waterstained/ mouldy/ damaged.
= Most photographs w. identification of the artist on verso in red pencil. One photograph w. extensive annots. in pen and ink on verso: "Collection "Jacob Ankersmit" Vente publique à Amsterdam; Direction: C.F. Roos & Co.; le 24 Janvier 1905. No.24 Jacob Maris (1872) "Vue de ville". Toile - Haut. 46cm Largeur 93cm".
(6). (Zürcher family). Lot of 13 miscellaneous photographs (incl. 1 duplicate), ±1905-1930, various sizes, mainly mounted on (occas. sl. dam.) boards.
= I.a. showing P.J. Zürcher, his wife, his daughter as a baby and young child, the staff(?) of the family (i.a. a car with chauffeur) and group portraits at the wedding of Zürcher's daughter. - ADDED: 2 (diff.) menucards on occasion of the "Trouwdag van Honnij Zürcher en Wim Barends. 6 Dec: 1927", both w. an anonymous watercolour.
After working for several international art galleries in Paris and London, Zürcher found employment in 1895 at the art gallery Frans Buffa & Zonen and became a partner with Jacobus Slagmulder. In 1901 he started to exploit the new Buffa Gallery in The Hague, Noordeinde 33. After Slagmulder and Zürcher ended their collaboration in 1904, Zürcher stayed in The Hague where he founded his own art gallery P.J. Zürcher. In ca. 1911 he moved the gallery to the "Villa Erica" at the Scheveningscheweg 25. In January 1913, P.J. Zürcher, his brother L.A. Zürcher and broker J. Lobatto developed plans to build a business hotel-café-restaurant on the Dam in Amsterdam. Several designs were made by Willem Kromhout, the architect of the Hotel Americain that was built on the Leidseplein in 1902. After the rejection of several of Kromhout's designs by a committee of the Amsterdam city council, a design was finally approved. Problems with the financing and the outbreak of the First World War ended the further development of the buildng project and meant the bankruptcy of Zürcher.