Lot 34
  • 34

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman
  • Premie Boekenvrienden uitgevoerd naar ontwerp 5: Bioscoop
  • Handstamped druksel with sjablonen, signed and dated '43, on wove paper, the full sheet, apart from some paper discolouration, otherwise in good condition
  • 40,1 by 24,9 cm.
  • Executed in 1943, in an edition of 5 plus a few extra.

Provenance

Collection R. Kuipers and T. Van Buul, directors of the publisher Querido (Amsterdam), Amstelveen

Literature

Compare: W. Sandberg and J. Martinet, Hot Printing, Amsterdam 1963, pp. 90-91, no. 43-84, illustrated (with a difference in forms and colours)
Compare: D. Dekkers, J. Van der Spek and A. De Vries, H.N. Werkman, Het complete oeuvre, Amsterdam 2003, p. 491, no. D-414, illustrated in colour (with a difference in colours)

Condition

The sheet is glued to the mount along the upper edge. There is some light paper discolouration, otherwise the work is in very good condition.
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