Eight Stacked Beams

Carel Visser, 1964

The beams in this sculpture are made of welded iron plates. They have been configured in such a way that alternating beams protrude in relation to the centre. The impossible balance thus created can only be maintained because the beams have been welded together. In this stack, the empty space between the beams is also emphasized. Visser’s stack is a play of balance and gravity.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-2008-4
  • Dimensionsheight 100 cm x width 173 cm x weight 241 kg, width 25.5 cm x length 123.2 cm x length 72.2 cm x thickness 12.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicsgelast ijzer

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Eight Stacked Beams

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-2008-4

  • Description

    Acht gelijke balken, aaneengelast uit ijzeren platen. De balken steken, volgens een vaste ordening, om en om verder uit.


Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: Carel Visser

  • Dating

    1964

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    gelast ijzer

  • Dimensions

    • height 100 cm x width 173 cm x weight 241 kg
    • width 25.5 cm x length 123.2 cm x length 72.2 cm x thickness 12.2 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2008

  • Copyright

    erven Carel Visser


Documentation

    • Documentatiemap Rijksmuseum Twenthe bij BK (kamer Frits Scholten)
    • 'Carel Visser : Acht gestapelde balken', in: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jaarverslag 2007, Amsterdam 2008, p. 59-61.

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