Kees (Ben) van Renssen (NL), tall closed box, titled "Ongelukken" (accidents), no. 20, earthenware, the object is constructed of slabs of clay, the lid is fixed to the box, on three of the four sides incised images of accidents, height 43 cm, width 24,5 cm, depth 24,5 cm, 1978. This object was purchased by its first owners at Galerie Kapelhuis in Amersfoort in 1978.
Comment by the artist: "I made this piece in my protest period. I attached the lid to the box because it always falls off. I made the drawings of the accidents from newspaper pictures. The letters in the drawings refer to unknown victims."
Kees (Ben) van Renssen (NL), tall closed box, titled "Ongelukken" (accidents), no. 20, earthenware, the object is constructed of slabs of clay, the lid is fixed to the box, on three of the four sides incised images of accidents, height 43 cm, width 24,5 cm, depth 24,5 cm, 1978. This object was purchased by its first owners at Galerie Kapelhuis in Amersfoort in 1978.
Comment by the artist: "I made this piece in my protest period. I attached the lid to the box because it always falls off. I made the drawings of the accidents from newspaper pictures. The letters in the drawings refer to unknown victims."