- Several lvs. restored.

= Interesting and rich album containing numerous autographs, drawings, small anecdotes and/ or poems by the guests of the "bohémien" Amsterdam café "Theo Ruiter", previously located at the Rozengracht. Theo Ruiter (1911-1965) bought the café in 1939 and it became a safe haven for many people (of all layers of society) during the war. After the war it became a meeting point for the established and upcoming cultural talent of the "higher" and "lower" cultural classes. Frequently it served as a location for exhibitions by painters, caricaturists and cartoonists. For example, the television debut of Boudewijn Büch was at this café. A curious detail is that when the customers weren't able to pay the bill, Theo asked them to sign the guestbook. Sadly Theo passed away in 1965. His son Karel de Ruiter continued his legacy in the same manner until 1987. To name a few contributors: Willy Boers, Han Hollander (The Netherlands' first sports reporter; his signature on verso of a tipped-in lottery-ticket), Ulla Jacobsson, Jacques Gans, Bob Fernhout, Frans Mahn (world champion cycle racing in 1956), Ed van der Elsken (his signature among the guests of an exposition of female photographers, 1958; also signed by i.a. Yrrah), Igor Cornelissen, drawings by i.a. Eppo Doeve, Bob Buys, Wim Boost, Guus Boissevain ("Gub"), Frank Lodeizen (a portrait of Gerard den Brabander and a signed invitation to one of his exhibitions), Henk Albers, Yrrah and C.N. Tas ("Catrinus"). A continuation of the album sold in our rooms in May 2019.

Carvalho, K. (1916-1972). Four drawings, all pen and ink on paper, 1x watercolour, various sizes, w. (extensive) manuscript text, mainly for "Theo [Ruiter] en Loeki", all signed.