Lot Essay
See illustration, p. 218
Details
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (1882-1945)
Het jaar 1572 (M. 40-g1; de J. 422-423)
text by M. Nijhoff, printed by Werkman, on firm cream wove paper (broad side), 1940/1941, with woodcut by Jan Wiegers, a copy from each of the two editions of 100 (the 1st edition was printed as a New Year's wish for friends of the Blue Barge), both with horizontal centrefold, soft lightstaining and minor surface dirt along the sheet edges, few lesser defects
S. 510 x 323 mm. (2)
Het jaar 1572 (M. 40-g1; de J. 422-423)
text by M. Nijhoff, printed by Werkman, on firm cream wove paper (broad side), 1940/1941, with woodcut by Jan Wiegers, a copy from each of the two editions of 100 (the 1st edition was printed as a New Year's wish for friends of the Blue Barge), both with horizontal centrefold, soft lightstaining and minor surface dirt along the sheet edges, few lesser defects
S. 510 x 323 mm. (2)
Provenance
The artist's widow M.C. Werkman-van Leeuwen, thence by descent to the present owner