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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
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
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
Japon van citroengele ripszijde…
anonymous, 1925, BK-1978-248
Comb in the form of two dragonflies
Lucien Gaillard, c. 1904, jewellery, BK-1990-1
On display in room 0.9
Driedelig theeservies
Firma Hoeker & Zoon, 1903, tea service, BK-1973-158
China fair and wealthy
Geldolph Adriaan Kessler (Dolph), 1908, photograph, RP-F-2007-6-141
Portret van Agnes Renée en Irène…
Henry Pauw van Wieldrecht, 1909 - 1910, photograph, RP-F-2007-323
Lid van de Reichsarbeitsdienst
anonymous, 1940 - 1942, photograph, NG-2007-5-178