Willem Frederik ten Broek 1905–1993 KNSM vintage poster
Caption Brief: This docked behemoth, its golden hull reflecting off the mirroring waters of some far-flung port as it dwarfs goods-laden delivery skiffs, provides the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company with the omnipotent ideal of oceanic mastery: romantic, powerful and impervious to harm. Ten Broek's trilingual calling card supplies the company's name as its primary text, for what other information is necessary for a firm whose pedigree stretches back to 1856, the year Royal Netherlands began to provide regular steamship service to the world. In 1970, KNSM incorporated with W.H. Muller & Co. of Rotterdam to create KNSM-Kroonburgh, a member of the Ahlers Group of Companies.
1937
38⅜ h × 23½ w in (97 × 60 cm)
De Bussy, Amsterdam
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Condition: Cond B: with attenuated reds, touch-ups, tears, and replaced paper. Work has not been examined out of frame but is fully visible. Framed behind acrylic measuring 43 × 27.625 × 1.5 inches.
Literature: PAI-XXIX, 91
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Caption Brief: This docked behemoth, its golden hull reflecting off the mirroring waters of some far-flung port as it dwarfs goods-laden delivery skiffs, provides the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company with the omnipotent ideal of oceanic mastery: romantic, powerful and impervious to harm. Ten Broek's trilingual calling card supplies the company's name as its primary text, for what other information is necessary for a firm whose pedigree stretches back to 1856, the year Royal Netherlands began to provide regular steamship service to the world. In 1970, KNSM incorporated with W.H. Muller & Co. of Rotterdam to create KNSM-Kroonburgh, a member of the Ahlers Group of Companies.
1937
38⅜ h × 23½ w in (97 × 60 cm)
De Bussy, Amsterdam
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Condition: Cond B: with attenuated reds, touch-ups, tears, and replaced paper. Work has not been examined out of frame but is fully visible. Framed behind acrylic measuring 43 × 27.625 × 1.5 inches.
Literature: PAI-XXIX, 91
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Time, Location
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