oil on canvas, 20,5 x 120,5 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Aldo and Hannie van Eyck on the 19th of November 1966; Exhibited: Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Richard P. Lohse, 21 September-21 October 1962, no. 74

This work is registered in the catalogue of works at the Richard Paul Lohse-Stiftung under inventory number 74

lithograph in colours, signed ' Klee' lower right, dated and inscribed with the artist's work number '1923 138' lower left, image 44 x 26.6 cm. sheet 52 x 36,7 cm.

Literature: Aldo van Eyck, Niet om het even … wel evenwaardig, van en over Aldo van Eyck, Rotterdam, 1986, p. 68 (illustrated in b/w); Francis Strauven, Aldo van Eyck: relativiteit en verbeelding, Amsterdam, 1994, p. 197 (illustrated in colour); Vincent Ligtelijn, Aldo van Eyck: Works, Bussum, 1999, p. 26 (illustrated in b/w); Robert MacCarter, Aldo van Eyck, New Haven/London, 2015, p. 19, fig. 1.8 (illustrated in b/w)

Literature: Kornfeld 95-IV. Printed by the Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar and published in the portfolio 'Kunst der Gegenwart' by R. Piper & Co., Munich, with his Ganymede blindstamp, in an edition of 220

watercolour and ink on paper, signed and dated 'Corneille 49' upper right, signed, dated and annotated 'Route barrée' on the reverse of the backing board, 46,3 x 45 cm.

Exhibited: Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Cobra 1948/51, 20 May-17 July 1966, no. 95 (illustrated in b/w p. 65); Amstelveen, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Miró & Cobra: Experimenteel spel, 15 October 2015-31 January 2016, pp. 190/191 (illustrated in colour) and p. 217; Amstelveen, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Corneille en Noord-Afrika, 12 March 2022-15 January 2023; Literature: Christian Dotremont, Corneille, Bibliothèque de Cobra serie 1, no. 7, Copenhagen, 1950 (illustrated in b/w); Museumjournaal: themanummer Cobra, VII, no. 7/8, January/February 1962, p. 187 (illustrated in b/w); Bert Schierbeek, De experimentelen, Amsterdam, 1963, fig. 9b (illustrated in b/w); Willemijn Stokvis, "De Nederlandse Experimentelen en de Cobrabeweging", in Openbaar Kunstbezit, XI, 1967, p. 74b and p. 76, fig. 4 (illustrated in b/w); Erik Slagter, "Corneille, de dichtende schilder, vijftig jaar", in Ons Erfdeel, XV, 1972, p. 19 (illustrated in b/w); Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra, Amsterdam, 1985, pp. 190/191 (illustrated in b/w); Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra: de weg naar spontaniteit, Naarden, 2000, pp. 352/353, fig. 187 (illustrated in b/w); Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra: the last avant-grade movement of the twentieth century, London, 2004, pp. 278/279, fig. 187 (illustrated in b/w); Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra 1948-1951: terug naar de bronnen van kunst en leven, Zwolle, 2008, p. 188 and p. 192, fig. 106 (illustrated in colour); Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra: a history of a European avant-garde movement 1948-1951, Rotterdam, 2017, p. 276, fig. 290 (illustrated in colour)

two printed pamphlets, each with handcolouring in watercolour by Karel Appel, each signed by artist and author, 47 x 63 cm.

published by the Experimentele Groep Holland, Amsterdam in an edition of unknown size

For other works by the artist with the subject of 'Vragende Kinderen/Questioning children', see lot numbers 1041 and 1045. The series of works from 1948/1949 with the subject of 'Vragende Kinderen/Questioning Children' were inspired by the sight of begging children during a train journey through Germany that Karel Appel made soon after the end of World War II (see the website of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, for more information on this subject).

wax crayon and watercolour on paper, signed and dated 'CK. Appel '49' lower left, 45,2 x 54,2 cm.

Exhibited: Amstelveen, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Miró & Cobra, 10 October 2015-31 January 2016, p. 153 (illustrated in colour) and p. 216; Literature: Cobra: International Zeitschrift für Moderne Kunst. Deutsche Ausgabe, no. 5, Hannover 1950 (illustrated in b/w); Museumjournaal: themanummer Cobra, VII, no. 7/8, January/February 1962, p. 162 (illustrated in b/w); Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra: a history of a European avant-garde movement 1948-1951, Rotterdam, 2017, p. 131, fig. 121 (illustrated in b/w)

etching, signed and inscribed 'Alberto Giacometti' lower right and 'Epreuve d'essai' lower left, plate 29 x 23,8 cm. sheet 36,7 x 31 cm..

published by H. Orobitz, Paris, in an edition of 50

Literature: Lust 80

etching, signed 'Picasso' lower right, numbered '24' lower left, image 13 x 11 cm. sheet 60,5 x 44 cm.

Literature: Vincent Ligtelijn, Aldo van Eyck: Works, Bussum, 1999, p. 22 (illustrated in b/w)

Literature: Baer 32. Printed by Delâtre, Paris and published by Henry Kahnweiler, Paris, in an edition of 100

oil on canvas, signed 'CK. Appel' lower right, dedicated 'voor Tess. van Karel' on the reverse, 50,7 x 29 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Tess van Eyck (b. 1945), daughter of Aldo and Hannie, in 1949; Exhibited: Rotterdam, Nieuwe Instituut, “Built Homecoming”: The House of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, 12 September 2024-15 January 2025; Literature: Aldo van Eyck, Niet om het even … wel evenwaardig, van en over Aldo van Eyck, Rotterdam, 1986, p. 53 (illustrated in b/w); Robert MacCarter, Aldo van Eyck, New Haven/London, 2015, p. 30

Aldo van Eyck remembers how the children of Appel's friends were each invited to the artist's studio, to choose a painting of their liking (Aldo van Eyck 1986, p. 53). The present lot hung in an alcove above Tess van Eyck's bed and the photograph which Jan Versnel took of this corner of her bedroom (part of a series of the interior of the Van Eycks' apartment on the Binnenkant, Amsterdam, first published in the magazine 'Goed Wonen' in February 1951) has been widely featured since in publications about Aldo and Hannie van Eyck's work and life. Another example of such a 'Kinderschilderij' (children's painting) was sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 25 April 2023, lot 57.

watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper (reproduction of a lithograph of Amsterdam by an unknown artist on the reverse), signed and dated 'Constant '48' centre, 42,7 x 32,5 cm.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Aldo and Hannie van Eyck; Exhibited: Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Constant: een illustratie van vrijheid-tekeningen 1945-74, 28 November 1974-5 January 1975; Literature: Museumjournaal: themanummer Cobra, VII, no. 7/8, January/February 1962, p. 163 (illustrated in b/w); Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra: de weg naar spontaniteit, Naarden, 2000, p. 172, fig. 40 (illustrated in b/w); Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra: the last avant-grade movement of the twentieth century, London, 2004, p. 160, fig. 40 (illustrated in b/w) and p. 164; Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra: a history of a European avant-garde movement 1948-1951, Rotterdam, 2017, p. 93, fig. 81 (illustrated in colour)

iron, 29 x 15 x 10 cm.

Exhibited: Rotterdam, Nieuwe Instituut, “Built Homecoming”: The House of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, 12 September 2024-15 January 2025

iron, h. 29 x 10 x 10 cm.

Exhibited: Rotterdam, Nieuwe Instituut, “Built Homecoming”: The House of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, 12 September 2024-15 January 2025

bronze, 25 x 11 x 7 cm.

folio with 16 collotypes, signed, dedicated, numbered and dated in ink 'pour l'ami Aldo architecte, exemplaire: no 1 et signé par l'auteur 17 Septembre 1949 Corneille' on the back cover, 18 x 24 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Aldo van Eyck on the 17th of September 1949. This copy contains the original design, in watercolour, for the cover and back cover.

ink on paper, signed and dated 'Corneille '53' lower right, 17,7 x 20,2 cm. and a postcard from the artist to Aldo en Hannie van Eyck sent from Albisola, Italy on the 15th of August 1954 with the front highlighted with ink and gouache, 10,5 x 15 cm.

Literature: Aldo van Eyck, Niet om het even … wel evenwaardig, van en over Aldo van Eyck, Rotterdam, 1986, p. 43 (drawing only; illustrated in b/w)

In the postcard written on the 15th of August 1954, the artist refers to the 'Incontro internazionale della ceramica' (International Ceramics meeting) which Asger Jorn had organized that summer in Albisola. Corneille writes that he is working in 'one of the largest ceramics factories', in the company of Asger Jorn, Roberto Matta and 'some other good Italian painters'.

coloured crayon on an enlarged photocopy of a fax on paper from the artist for the 80th birthdays of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, signed and dedicated 'Karel/aldo Hannie' lower centre, 42 x 29,5 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Aldo and Hannie van Eyck

wax crayon on paper laid down on cardboard, signed and dated 'CK Appel '48' lower left, dedicated 'Quinten. Voor zieke Hanny die nu beter is 22 Febr 1950' on the cardboard, 39,8 x 24,8 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Hannie van Eyck on the 22nd of February 1950; Literature: Cathérine van Houts, Karel Appel: de biografie, Amsterdam, 2000, p. 112

etching, signed in red pencil 'Alberto Giacometti' lower right, plate 16,4 x 13,4 cm. sheet 25,1 x 18,5 cm.

published by Cahiers d'Art, Paris, in an edition of 45

Literature: Lust 76

colour lithograph poster, signed and dedicated 'Pour Hannie van Eyck avec les amitiés de Miró' lower left, sheet 60 x 43 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Hannie van Eyck

Literature: Corredor-Matheos 4/Mourlot 67. Printed by Mourlot, Paris and published by Galerie Maeght, Paris, in an edition of 300

watercolour on paper, signed and dated 'Alechinsky VIII 1977' lower right, 98 x 66 cm.

eighteen etchings with aquatint, with the artist's stamped signature on the justification page and on two of the sheets, numbered '695' on the justification page and numbered '695/850' on two of the sheets, album size 29,5 x 39,5 cm.

Provenance: Acquired by Aldo and Hannie van Eyck in Zürich circa 1943-1944 (in a photograph of the interior of their apartment in the Frohburgstrasse, a frame with four prints from this portfolio can be seen hanging on a wall; see Francis Strauven, Aldo van Eyck: relativiteit en verbeelding, Amsterdam, 1994, p. 88)

Literature: Baer 615e-616

folio, phototype, handcolouring with coloured pencil, signed by artist and author, numbered '22' on the justification page, 25 x 17,1 cm.

published by the Experimentele Groep in Holland, Amsterdam, in an edition of 30

wax crayon and crayon on paper, signed and dated 'Constant '49' lower left, 48,5 x 53,6 cm.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Aldo and Hannie van Eyck; Exhibited: Amsterdam, Museum Fodor, De Keerkring, 16 April-8 May 1949 (as: Zondagsschool; illustrated in b/w); Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 150 Jaar Nederlandse Kunst: Schilderijen, beelden, tekeningen, grafiek 1813-1963, 6 July-29 September 1963, no. 197 (illustrated in b/w), p. 151, cat.no. T216; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Constant: een illustratie van vrijheid-tekeningen 1945-74, 28 November 1974-5 January 1975; Literature: L.P.J. Braat, Nieuwe stromingen in de beeldende kunst, Amsterdam, 1950, fig. 11 (illustrated in b/w); Museumjournaal: themanummer Cobra, VII, no. 7/8, January/February 1962, p. 163 (illustrated in b/w); Aldo van Eyck, Niet om het even … wel evenwaardig, van en over Aldo van Eyck, Rotterdam, 1986, p. 40 (illustrated in b/w); Marcel Hummelinck, Après nous la liberté: Constant en de artistieke avant-garde in de jaren 1946-1960, Amsterdam 2002, p. 111, fig. 52 (illustrated in b/w)

ink on paper, signed and dated 'C.K. Appel '49' lower left, 20,3 x 30,4 cm.

Literature: Museumjournaal: themanummer Cobra, VII, no. 7/8, January/February 1962, p. 197 (illustrated in b/w)

oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Corneille 51' lower right and signed on the stretcher, 54 x 65 cm.

Provenance: Acquired by Aldo and Hannie van Eyck in the mid-1950s; Exhibited: Liège, Palais des Beaux-Arts, IIe Exposition Internationale d'art experimental, 6 October-6 November 1951, no. 113 or 114 (see painting hanging on the left wall in Liege, © Violette Cornelius / Nederlands Fotomuseum) Paris, Galerie Collette Allendy, Corneille, 13-26 March 1953; The Hague, Corneille, 14 July-3 September 1961, no. 16 (this exhibition travelled to Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, 15 September-19 October 1961); Amstelveen, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Corneille 100, 3 July 2022-15 January 2023; Literature: Museumjournaal: themanummer Cobra, VII, no. 7/8, January/February 1962, p. 188 (illustrated in b/w); F.Th. Gribling, Corneille, Amsterdam, 1972, fig. 12 (illustrated in b/w)

The present lot is one of two paintings titled 'Ville en Mouvement' which Corneille created in 1951. That same year both works were included in the second Cobra-exhibition in Liège (no. 113 'Ville en Mouvement I' and no. 114 'Ville en Mouvement II'). The other painting has been in the collection of the Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, since 1954 (inv.no. 67). In a postcard sent by Corneille to Aldo van Eyck in 1957, the artist lovingly describes the Van Abbe painting as "het broertje van jullie schilderij" ('the little brother of your painting') (postcard collection Van Eyck family). In a photograph taken by Violette Cornelius at the Liège exhibition, the present lot can be discerned in the left background, where it is shown in the presence of two Alberto Giacometti sculptures (collection Nederlands Fotomuseum, inv.no. VIC-521).

a 16-page booklet with three drawings and three handwritten pages with three poems by the artist, all ink on paper, signed and dated 'in 1951 geschreven en getekend door Lucebert' on the inside back cover, 28 x 23,7 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Aldo van Eyck circa 1951; Exhibited: Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, 100x Lucebert, 30 March-1 September 2024; Literature: Ad Petersen, Lucebert in het Stedelijk: catalogus van alle schilderijen, tekeningen, gouaches, aquarellen en prenten in de verzameling, Amsterdam, 1987, p. 81; Hans Groenewegen a.o., Licht is de wind der duisternis: over Lucebert, Groningen, 1999, pp. 170/171, under 'g' and pp. 172/175 (illustrated in colour); Piet Gerbrandy and Suzanne Héman, Lucebert: Unica: 7 unieke cahiers in facsimile, Amsterdam, 2011 (facsimile reproduction of the complete booklet)

The present lot is the seventh in a series of eight known booklets which Lucebert created as gifts for close friends between 1949 and 1951. Each booklet is unique and different in style; each contains handmade drawings and (mostly) handwritten poetry by Lucebert. Other examples from this series were dedicated to Frieda Koch and her husband Bert Schierbeek, Remco Campert, Paula Eisenloeffel and Ferdinand Langen. The first five of the series are in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 1996. The present lot is one of three still remaining in private hands. Lucebert became friends with Aldo during the preparation of the first Cobra-exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in November 1949.

wax crayon and crayon on paper, signed and dated 'Theo Wolvekamp 49' lower right, 37,4 x 56,3 cm.

Provenance: Acquired from the artist by Aldo van Eyck in 1949 (the first work sold by the artist); Exhibited: Amstelveen, Museum Aemstelle, Wolvecamp: werken op papier, 10 October 1994-15 January 1995, p. 5 (illustrated in colour); Amstelveen, Cobra Museum, Theo Wolvecamp, 4 October-8 December 2002, p. 172 (illustrated in colour); Literature: Museumjournaal: themanummer Cobra, VII, no. 7/8, January/February 1962, p. 188 (illustrated in b/w)

folio with photocopy and handcolouring in gouache, signed by artist and author, dedicated by the artist 'voor Aldo 25-12-1950' on the title page, numbered '3' on the justification page, 27,5 x 22,7 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Aldo van Eyck on the 25th of December 1950

Printed in Paris in an edition of 200

drypoint and aquatint in colours, signed 'Max Ernst' lower right and numbered '11/25', image 17 x 13,8 cm. sheet 24,8 x 19,3 cm.; with the publication by Tristan Tzara, stamp numbered '11' on the justification page

Exhibited: Rotterdam, Nieuwe Instituut, “Built Homecoming”: The House of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, 12 September 2024-15 January 2025; Literature: Aldo van Eyck, Niet om het even … wel evenwaardig, van en over Aldo van Eyck, Rotterdam, 1986 (illustrated in b/w back cover)

Literature: Spies & Leppien 23. Printed by Stanley William Hayter, New York, published by Guy Levis Mano, Paris

five drawings, wax crayon on paper in a cover with handwritten text, each signed and dated 'Constant '51', dedicated 'fait pour Aldo van Eyck une soirée de Mai 1951 à Pigalle, Constant' on the inside of the cover, each drawing 31 x 38,5 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Aldo van Eyck in May 1951; Exhibited: Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Cobra 1948/51, 20 May-17 July 1966, no. 83 (one illustrated in b/w p. 64); Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Constant: een illustratie van vrijheid, 28 November 1974-5 January 1975 (one illustrated in b/w); Amstelveen, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Constant: ruimte + kleur, 28 May-25 September 2016, pp. 32/33 (illustrated in colour) and p. 137; Literature: Museumjournaal: themanummer Cobra, VII, no. 7/8, January/February 1962, p. 164 (illustrated in b/w); Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra, Amsterdam, 1985, p. 180 and p. 276, fig. 45 (illustrated in b/w); Jean-Clarence Lambert, Constant: les trois espaces, Paris, 1992, p. 52, no. 33 (one illustrated in b/w) and p. 206, no. 33

etching, signed ' Miro' lower left, image 14,6 x 9 cm. sheet 22,5 x 16 cm.

Literature: Aldo van Eyck, Niet om het even … wel evenwaardig, van en over Aldo van Eyck, Rotterdam, 1986 (illustrated in b/w inside back cover)

Literature: Dupin 43. Printed by Atelier 17 and Henri Hecht, Paris, in an edition of 113

etching, signed ' Miro' and numbered '69/150', image 10 x 8 cm., sheet 17,5 x 14,6 cm.

Literature: Aldo van Eyck, Niet om het even … wel evenwaardig, van en over Aldo van Eyck, Rotterdam, 1986 (illustrated in b/w inside back cover)

Literature: Dupin 42. Printed by Atelier 17, Paris and published by Guy Lévis Mano, Paris

lithograph, signed lower right, image 32,7 x 33,4 cm. sheet 41 x 31 cm.

published in the portfolio 'Die Schaffenden', 1921, by the Euphorion-Verlag, Weimar, in an edition of 100

Literature: Grohmann GL 5

oil on canvas, signed and dated (scratched) 'Constant '49' centre left, 17,2 x 20,5 cm.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Aldo and Hannie van Eyck

pencil and coloured chalk on handwritten postcard, sent by the artist from Paris to Aldo van Eyck on the 1st of February 1951, 10,2 x 14,8 cm.

Exhibited: Rotterdam, Nieuwe Instituut, “Built Homecoming”: The House of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, 12 September 2024-15 January 2025; Literature: Aldo en Hannie van Eyck met Karel Appel in Middelburg, Stichting Beeldende Kunst Middelburg, 1992 (illustrated in b/w); Francis Strauven, Aldo van Eyck: relativiteit en verbeelding, Amsterdam, 1994, p. 144 (illustrated in colour)

For other works by the artist with the subject of 'Vragende Kinderen/Questioning children', see lot numbers 1011 and 1045. The series of works from 1948/1949 with the subject of 'Vragende Kinderen/Questioning Children' were inspired by the sight of begging children during a train journey through Germany that Karel Appel made soon after the end of World War II (see the website of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, for more information on this subject). In his postcard from Paris, Appel asks Aldo for the addresses of his landlord and a few others who he needs to contact before returning to Amsterdam in a few months' time. He describes to Aldo how he is working hard, but cannot afford to buy new materials due to lack of finances. Appel and his wife Tony Sluyter are living 'like hermits, we don't go anywhere and don't see anybody'.

portfolio with eight pochoirs in colours, numbered '221' on the justification page, 32.5 x 25 cm.

printed by Saude, Paris and published by Editions Jeanne Bucher, Paris, in an edition of 300

Literature: Dupin 1-8

oil on canvas, inscribed by Nelly van Doesburg 'Voor Theo van Doesburg 1915-'16 Nelly (Petro) van Doesburg' on the stretcher, 19,5 x 11,5 cm.

Provenance: Nelly van Doesburg, from whom acquired by Aldo and Hannie van Eyck in 1951; Exhibited: Paris, Parc des Expositions, "1940" Deuxième exposition (retrospective Van Doesburg), 15 January-1 February 1932, p. 5, no. 33? (as Portrait); Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Theo van Doesburg, 3 December 1968-26 January 1969, cat.no. A11 (as Compositie/'Zelfportret', 1917) (this exhibition travelled to The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, 7 February-23 March 1969 and Basel, Kunsthalle, 9 August-7 September 1969); Literature: Sergio Polano ed., Theo van Doesburg: Scritti di arte e di architettura, Rome, 1979, p. 527, cat.no. PITT 116, fig. 69 (illustrated in b/w, as 'Composizione/'Autoritratto'); Els Hoek ed., Theo van Doesburg Oeuvre Catalogus, Utrecht/Otterlo 2000, p. 526, no. 849 (illustrated in colour)

ink on paper, signed and dated 'Theo Wolvekamp 49' upper left, 21,8 x 33,2 cm.

coloured pencil and wax crayon on paper, signed and dated 'CK Appel '48' lower left, 20,3 x 30,4 cm.

Exhibited: Rotterdam, Nieuwe Instituut, “Built Homecoming”: The House of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, 12 September 2024-15 January 2025

For other works by the artist with the subject of 'Vragende Kinderen/Questioning children', see lot numbers 1011 and 1041. The series of works from 1948/1949 with the subject of 'Vragende Kinderen/Questioning Children' were inspired by the sight of begging children during a train journey through Germany that Karel Appel made soon after the end of World War II (see the website of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, for more information on this subject).

portfolio with eight lithographs, each signed 'Constant' verso, numbered '1' and dedicated 'exemplaire pour Aldo et Hanny Constant' on a label inside the portfolio, sheet 40 x 28 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, circa 1951

Published by the artist, Amsterdam, in an edition of 50

portfolio with nine woodcuts in colours, signed by artist and author, numbered '31' on the justification page, 34,4 x 27,2 cm.

printed by G.A. Verweij, Schiedam and published by Galerie le Canard, Amsterdam, in an edition of 125

coloured chalk on paper, signed 'Aldo van Eyck' lower right, 30 x 42 cm.

The current composition, featuring perhaps Aldo Van Eyck's most famous quote, was used for a lithograph published in 1991 by the Peninsula Galerie & Uitgeverij, Eindhoven, as part of the portfolio Bibliothèque de l'architecte (printed in an edition of 45).

iron, 50 x 41 x 5,5 cm.

Exhibited: Rotterdam, Nieuwe Instituut, “Built Homecoming”: The House of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, 12 September 2024-15 January 2025; Literature: Aldo van Eyck, Niet om het even … wel evenwaardig, van en over Aldo van Eyck, Rotterdam, 1986, p. 64 (illustrated in b/w). The statue can be seen standing in Aldo's office in Loenen aan de Vecht in the centre of the photograph, standing in the window alcove. (photo by Alejandro Campos Uribe)

In an interview with the artist in Aldo van Eyck 1986 (pp. 62-63), Carel Visser remembered meeting the ten-year older Aldo van Eyck in the early 1950s through Carel's brother Martin Visser. In Carel's words, it was 'friendship at first sight'; the early recognition from Aldo of Visser's work was very important to the young sculptor. Van Eyck spoke to Visser about Constantin Brancusi and made it possible for the Vissers to meet Brancusi at his studio in Paris, a visit which had a lasting impact. Aldo van Eyck designed three exhibitions of Visser's work: in De Zonnehof, Amersfoort (together with paintings by Joost van Roojen) in 1972, in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in 1972 and finally in the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, in 1989. See Carel Blotkamp, Carel Visser, Utrecht, 1989, p. 79, for another version of the same sculpture. Another version of the same size is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (as 'Wandelend Gezin', inv.no. BA 529).

iron, 71 x 20 x 20 cm.

See Carel Blotkamp, Carel Visser, Utrecht, 1989, pp. 76/77, for a larger version of the same sculpture. A smaller version is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (inv.no. BA 387).

iron and concrete, 26,5 x 70 x 15,2 cm.

See Carel Blotkamp, Carel Visser, Utrecht, 1989, p. 72, for another version of the same sculpture. A larger version is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (inv.no. BA 571). In the present lot, the artist shows his admiration for the work of Constantin Brancusi by making the base a prominent part of the overall sculpture. It was Brancusi who drew the attention to the role of the base, he considered it to be a vital part of a sculpture. Visser greatly admired Brancusi and was able to visit him in his Parisian studio in the 1950s thanks to an introduction from Aldo van Eyck (see José Boyens, "Ik zoek niet naar een beeld, maar naar hèt beeld. Het werk van Carel Visser", in Ons Erfdeel, XXXII, no. 1, January-February 1989, p. 537). The statue can be seen standing on the lower right side in the photograph of the kitchen in Loenen aan de Vecht, under the counter in an build alcove. (photo by Alejandro Campos Uribe)

coloured paper collage on cardboard, signed, dated and dedicated 'Voor Hannie en Aldo van Eyck Joost Baljeu. 8-3-57.' on the reverse of the cardboard, image 10 x 6,5 cm. cardboard 16 x 12,2 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Aldo and Hannie van Eyck on the 8th of March 1957

ink and chalk on paper, 26 x 20,5 cm.

Provenance: D. Rinsema, Meppel; Exhibited: Nijmegen, Cultureel Centrum de Lindenberg, Thijs Rinsema: een Dada-episode in Friesland, 14 April-14 May 1972, no. 134 (illustrated in b/w); Rotterdam, Nieuwe Instituut, “Built Homecoming”: The House of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, 12 September 2024-15 January 2025

etching and drypoint, signed 'Marc Chagall' lower right and numbered '21/110', image 19 x 25 cm. sheet 34,5 x 42 cm.

Published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin, in an edition of 110

Literature: Kornfeld 11

woodcut, signed 'R Hausman' lower right, image 18 x 16 cm. sheet 34 x 26 cm.

The artist featured the composition of the present lot in the first issue of the magazine 'Der Dada' (1919), which he published together with John Heartfield and Georg Grosz (composition shown in a different orientation). See Timothy O. Benson, Raoul Hausmann and Berlin Dada, Ann Arbor, 1987, p. 143, fig. 63, for another example of this woodcut (illustrated in a different orientation).