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FK 23 Bantam
Frits Koolhoven, 1918, NG-2011-1
The F.K. 23 Bantam was developed in 1917 by Dutch aviation pioneer Frederick Koolhoven, then working as chief designer at British Aerial Transport Company. The biplane was intended as a fighter for the nascent Royal Air Force in the First World War. This craft was shown in 1919 at the First Aviation…
On display in room 3.2
Armchair for Til Brugman
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, c. 1919, BK-2010-1
No Dutch piece of furniture has been acclaimed as much as this armchair, designed around 1918 by Gerrit Rietveld. In its red and blue colours - first applied around 1924 - the chair became an international design icon. In fact Rietveld’s small furniture workshop in Utrecht supplied the chair in…
On display in room 3.2
Square Man
Karel Appel, 1951, painting, SK-A-5002
The square man squeezes with difficulty into this square canvas. He seems to squint slightly with his red and green eyes and his blue mouth gapes open. The head is too big, the body is too small, and the arms and legs are too short, yet with his fiercely coloured body and his ponderous genitals, he…
On display in room 3.3
Portret van Libbe en Dick Ket
Dick Ket, c. 1939, drawing, RP-T-1994-160
Landkaarten-jurk
J. Terwen-de Loos, 1945 - 1946, NG-2000-5
Zilverreiger in de regen
Ohara Koson, 1925 - 1936, print, RP-P-1999-548
Ambtskostuum van Hendrikus Colijn
C. Meuven & Zoon, 1925 - 1926, NG-1993-2
Haarkam in de vorm van twee takken…
René Lalique, c. 1902 - c. 1903, jewellery, BK-1987-2
On display in room 0.9