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Citation from a letter from Coosje van Bruggen The Contribution
02-14-1985 concerning the litho Overdruk: p. 67 - 77
‘The title Overdruk is a pun in the Dutch language;
it has the double meaning of “to print over it” and “to Page 68
print with too much pressure” ’.
85. 1976, black oil pastel on white canvas,
Page 53 Enlargement ↔ Reduction, 7.50×1.50 meter.
1981, An and Martin de Voigt during the exhibition
75. 1973, drawing, Hardness of Pencil, six lines, 84×58 cm ‘Maria van Elk; tekenen 1973 – 1981’ in the Stedelijk
Photograph: Evert De Cock Museum Amsterdam
Collection: Maria van Elk, Amsterdam. Photograph: Digital merging of two existing
Exposition: 1975, Gallery Swart, Amsterdam; 1975, photographs by Evert De Cock
Gallery Waalkens, Finsterwolde. Collection: Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, donation
Publication: 1979, Dutch Art Foundation, Licht op An and Martien de Voigt, 2012.
Materiaal. Tekenmaterialen als Beeldmiddel (Jetteke Bolten). Expositions: 1977, Gallery Waalkens, Finsterwolde;
1981, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; 1983,
‘Amsterdam in Berlijn’, Kunstambt Kreuzberg, Berlin.
Page 54 Publication: 1977, Vrij Nederland, Keuze in Kijken
(Antje von Graevenitz); 1978, University Groningen
77-78. Damaged remainder of the inside wall (12.80 meters) Journal, Kunst in de Gang (Bert Boekschoten); 1983,
of the Soft Living Room II in 2000 in Schiedam. Berlijn in Amsterdam (cover design Maria van Elk);
Photograph: Aleth Lorne (freelance restorer Instituut 1981, Maria van Elk, tekenen 1973 – 1981, exhibition
Collectie Nederland). Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Soft Living Room II was badly damaged. The ceiling, the Radio: Radio Stad Amsterdam, interview with Peter
wooden wall panels and the foam rubber floor and artificial fur van Ingen about the exposition in Berlin.
floor-cover, were already missing in 2000. An and Martien de Voigt bought this work at the gallery
However, all the 8 original foam rubber hills and the wall Waalkens in Finsterwolde in 1977. It was exhibited for many
covering (inside and outside) were still intact in 2000. years on a wall at the ‘Kernfysisch Laboratorium’ of the
University of Groningen.
Page 56 Maria van Elk: ‘I remember that Willem Sandberg, during the
exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1981, went
81. 1969, specification for the purpose of taxation, of all down on his knees to make sure the white folding line in the
the materials for the Soft Living Room II. material went exactly through all the 5 canvasses of this work’.
Art van Westerop and Lysander Apol transported the Soft Living
Room to Lausanne in a Ford Transit bus. Lysander also made the 87. 1974, object, black oil pastel on white canvas, Gravity,
wooden wall panels for the SLR and Art assisted with making broken surface, ±140×140 cm.
the covers for the hills of artificial fur. Collection: ‘Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst’, Den Haag.
Expositions: 1975, Gallery Waalkens; 1981, Stedelijk
Page 60 Museum Amsterdam; 1981, ‘Technique of Drawing’,
Dutch Art Foundation.
84. 2013, reconstructed Soft Living Room II 1968 during Publications: 1981, Technique of Drawing (Jetteke
the exposition ‘Ik hou van Holland’ at the Stedelijk Bolten), edition Dutch Art Foundation; 1975,
Museum Schiedam. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (Erik Beenker); 1977, Vrij
Photograph: Colin Huizing (curator SMS) Nederland, Choice in Looking (Antje von Graevenitz);
Publication: 2013, Booklet Ik hou van Holland, 1981, Maria van Elk; tekenen 1973-1981 (Coosje van
Nederlandse Kunst na 1945. Bruggen), catalogue exposition Stedelijk Museum
TV: ‘Kunstuur’ (AVROTROS), 11-09-2013. Amterdam, private artist edition.

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