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21/05/2021

Now online: the catalogue of the 15th edition of NRC Veilingen: www.nrcveilingen.nl

10/12/2020

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The 11 prints, tucked under sheets while the owner hosted couch surfers, chronicle the four days between the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and his funeral.

03/12/2020

Insta ... at last!

02/12/2020

Now online: the catalogue of the 14th edition of NRC Veilingen: www.nrcveilingen.nl

29/05/2020

The catalogue of the 13th edition of NRC Veilingen is now online!

Art from Abramović to Zhuang An auction with some very exceptional works The catalogue of the 13th edition of NRC Veilingen is now online. One of th...

05/02/2020

Selling art? Let us do it for you. Consign now for our May sale via nrcveilingen.nl/verkopen

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10/12/2019

Only 10 artworks are still left in the aftersale! Last chance for a colourful Christmas present.

Press on the blue buttons now at

Het veilinghuis voor en door lezers van NRC Handelsblad, waar kopers en verkopers in een vertrouwde omgeving tot een uitwisseling van stukken en verhalen kunnen komen.

05/12/2019

Schrijversportret: Het museum overweegt een moderne vrouwelijke tegenhanger van het literaire herenclub schilderij te maken.

02/12/2019

The Adams club in front of the .

Ready for the exciting auction night!

28/11/2019

No better way to welcome winter than to come to our viewing day! Already this Sunday 1 December from 11.00 to 17.00 CET at De Bary, Herengracht 450,

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27/11/2019

Lot 60. : the proto-edition of ! Open for bidding now at http://bit.ly/Proto_Escher

Rarissime early impression, printed before M.C. Escher removed the inscription 'Une mare en relation avec la lune révèle des parentés cachées - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry' from the block. To his friend Paul Kessler he wrote: "In addition, I also finished the Puddle, a woodcut in three colors, a very impressionistic theme to be sure (for me), but the symbolism of which fascinated me in the manner of Antoine de Saint-Exupery who says somewhere: Une mare en relation avec la lune révèle des parentés cachées ("A puddle in relation to the moon reveals hidden connections")" (quoted in The Magic of M.C. Escher, p. 104). Until today it is assumed that Escher gained the inspiration for his print Modderplas during his evening walks through the woods (e.g. Erik Kersten, bit.ly/2Nhqg8Q). But the fact that Escher initially executed the work with a text - contrary to his custom - can also mean that the quote was so crucial because it was the source of this composition. It is quite conceivable that Escher "suddenly stood still" because he saw in a puddle what he had just read in Saint-Exupéry's Terre des hommes (1939). It is not known how many of these first prints were made, but it is clear why Escher eventually published it without: the text would distract, the image had to be autonomous. When removing the text, Escher proceeded with less precision than he was used to: the definitive print clearly shows the remains of the text. So unobtrusive that most will have looked over it, but clear enough to leave no room for misunderstanding about the order. It is assumed that Escher only gave a small number of friends a copy before sanding away the inscription. We don't know how many of the very few copies of this first version have survived, but there is no doubt that they are among the rarest Escher prints.
Text or no text the puddle serves as a portal between two worlds, one showing a reflection of the trees under the full moon, and another one bearing traces of the past: footsteps and tracks of tires in the mud. As time goes by and humans vanish, nature solemnly remains. Surprisingly, just like this exceptionally elusive museum piece.