Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-La rousse (Hannie Schaft), ca 1979

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La rousse (Hannie Schaft)

1979
33,2cm
x 27,5cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2465

Circa 1979.

Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft (16 September 1920 – 17 April 1945) was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as "the girl with the red hair" (Dutch: het meisje met het rode haar, German: das Mädchen mit dem roten Haar). Her secret name in the resistance movement was "Hannie".

English title

The Redhead (Hannie Schaft)

Alternate titles

Het meisje met het rode haar
1981 exhibition list Collection d'Art

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in black watercolor

Provenance

Constant
1981 Herman Kater, NL (Collection d'Art, Amsterdam)
2006 erven Herman Kater
2007 erven particuliere collectie
Tags
People
Portrait
Woman

Frame dimensions

60,1 x 52,1 x 1,7 cm