DE ONTSLUIERING VAN DE TOEKOMST, A BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK

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Cris Agterberg, 1926
DE ONTSLUIERING VAN DE TOEKOMST, A BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK
Red inlaid numerals
37 cm. high
Marked Cris Agterberg

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Please note that a similar clock is in the Meentwijck Collection, Bussum.

Lot Essay

Cf: 'In de werkplaats voor het Openluchtspel', in: Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, 18 June 1926, in which the reporter writes about his visit to the workshop of Cris Agterberg, where preparations were made for the 58th anniversary celebration of the Utrecht University. Another example of the present clock is described: 'Er was meer in het atelier te zien - buiten de voorwerpen van het feest - zooals een klok, waar drie een sluier van de wijzerplaat wegtrekkende figuren de ontsluiering van de toekomst zullen moeten voorstellen'
[More was to be seen in the workshop - besides the items made for the anniversary celebration - like a clock with three figures revealing the future by withdrawing a veil from the dial]

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