DUYVIS, DEBORA,

New Year's greeting 1946

A boy climbing stairs, with a sack with the year 1946 printed on it, combs the beard of an old man leaning on a sword and holding scales. Behind the man, in flames, the years 1940 to 1945 rise up. This refers to the end of the second world war, and is accompanied by the caption 'Kam uit de klis, eert slimmer is'. This in turn references Jan Luyken's series of prints of occupations, and specifically the comb maker. Etching and stipple work with plate tone, on wove paper. Sheet size 176 x 120 mm., platemark 126 x 92 mm. Made by Debora Duyvis after her own design, signed in pencil lower right. Debora Duyvis (Amsterdam 1886 - 1974) was a Dutch painter, illustrator and graphic artist. She was a student of J.J. Aarts and Antoon Derkinderen. In good condition, the image area lightly browned from matting. This is from the collection of Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, another painter and graphic artist from the Netherlands. Her collection mark (not in Lugt) is on the matting and the lower left corner of the print.

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Book number: 71213

Catalogue: Allegory New Year's wishes

Unknown master

WALDIEPERS, Nieuw - Jaar - Wensch [Wish card, New Year/Nieuwjaarswens]

New year's wish card, woodcut and letterpress published in Amsterdam in 1795. The corporation of the dredgers (waldiepers) composed this card: in the illustration a canal in Amsterdam, where the dredgers are at work with nets, whereas one of them is handing the card to a woman at her door's step. Published by B. Koene. l Broadside sheet, woodcut and letterpress on paper; total: 333 x 207 mm; hand colored; signs of foldings, in very good conditions, mounted on cardboard.

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Book number: 63148

Catalogue: (New year's) wishes (Nieuwjaars) Amsterdam Manuscripts New Year's wishes Nieuwjaarswensen, docs, wensen

ZWIERS, WIM,

Le bonheur de ce monde

Booklet that serves as a new year's card for 1963 for the friends and relations of the Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaart (Bank of Commerce and Shipping). It contains two poems (one by Christophe Plantin, the other by Vauquelin des Yveteaux and an engraving. The engraving is a stylised combination of Catholic imagery, with a highly decorated Cross in the center. To the left a couple with child in front of a cathedral, to the right a writing figure in front of a city. Engraving on laid paper, sheet size 168 x 195 mm., platemark 140 x 155 mm. Monogrammed, numbered (oeuvre no. 219) and dated (1962) in the plate. Made by Wim Zwiers in 1962. Printed by Drukkerij Trio (The Hague) and bound with a pamphlet stitch. Wim Zwiers (Rotterdam 1922 - 2019 Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, glass painter and graphic artist. He was a teacher at the Academy of Rotterdam 1946-1974. As a graphic artist he made numerous bookplates and occasional graphics. In excellent condition. A small tear in the matting that holds the print in place in the booklet. Discolouration to the cover of the booklet. References: Kersten 35.

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Book number: 71230

Catalogue: New Year's wishes Religion