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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
Dish Relief
Jan Schoonhoven, 1963, relief (sculpture), SK-A-5007
Although by the 1960s, artist Jan J. Schoonhoven was celebrated worldwide, he continued to work full-time for the Dutch Post Office (PTT). At first he used to make his characteristic white reliefs of squares and rectangles at night, on the kitchen table. Occasionally he tried other shapes. He showed…
On display in room 3.4
Eight Stacked Beams
Carel Visser, 1964, sculpture, BK-2008-4
The eight massive planks that form this abstract sculpture are not stacked in precise symmetry. Each pair of planks is slightly further to the side. It all appears quite natural, yet the stack is impossible to balance. So the construction is a crucial element. In fact there is a seam along all the…
On display in room 3.4
Gezicht vanaf de Rapenburgwal op de…
Willem Witsen, 1911, painting, SK-A-2952
De Dam te Amsterdam
George Hendrik Breitner, 1901, drawing, SK-A-3659
Buste van Jhr. Mr. Victor Eugene…
Toon Dupuis, 1914, bust, BK-B-116-1
Echarpe of loper van naaldkant van…
Isidore De Rudder, 1918, BK-BR-J-233
Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz…
Hannké, 1909, painting, SK-A-3814