3245 - 4211 FINE ARTS - MODERN ART. PRINTS, DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS
= "(...) uitgegeven in een oplage van 60 genummerde en gesigneerde exemplaren op 9 januari 1996 en verspreid onder vrienden" [colophon].
- Mount sl. yellowed; sm. tear in upper blank margin.
Idem. (Composition with letters and rectangles). Collage w. mounted capital letters from a magazine and blue/black and red paper rectangles, 36,5x27 cm. (leaf), monogrammed and dated "85" in pencil in upper left corner and w. dedication "voor Niesje 87" in pen and ink in lower margin.
= All abstract compositions. First free endpaper monogrammed and "26 5 59" in pen and ink by the artist, upper pastedown with his autogr. address ("Siep vd Berg OZ Achterburgwal 156 Amsterdam" and lower pastedown w. autogr. annot. "een worsteling om vrij te komen. achteraf is alles eenvoudig", monogrammed "SvdB 74" in pen and ink; frontcover w. a printed ticket w. the artist's name, monogrammed and "59" in pen and ink.
- Binding (water)stained.
= All abstract compositions, a few w. annots. (for colours) and 1x w. a quotation(?) from "Tsjechow notities"; w 2 pages ms. text in a diff. hand, signed "Anne". First free endpaper monogrammed and "24 2 60" in pen and ink by the artist; frontcover w. a similar drawing in pen and ink. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE III.
- First few printed lvs. waterstained in upper corner; yellowed. Binding soiled/ sl. stained.
= All abstract compositions, incl. a few on (verso of) pages w. photographs. First free endpaper monogr. "SvdB 6 6 60"; frontcover w. a (sl. stained) abstract drawing. One leaf w. a ms. quotation from "Tsjechow brieven".
= All abstract compositions.
- Last free endpaper torn out. Wr. stained.
= All but one abstract compositions. Monogrammed and "Amsterdam 2'62" on first free endpaper; unrelated annots. on lower pastedown.
= Contains abstract compositions, portraits, female nudes and still-lifes, a few monogrammed and partly dated (1976 and 1978). With some tipped-in/ mounted newspaper clippings, occas. w. manuscr. commentary by the artist. Verso frontcover w. mounted plan of the centre of Amsterdam, w. the artist's owner's entry "Brouwersgr 113H / Siep v/d Berg" in pen and ink.
= All abstract compositions; the newspaper clippings often w. manuscr. comment by the artist and some occas. other annots. by the artist (i.a. "de eerste die de verf liet druipen was Picasso ±1937. Daarna meende elke schilder dit te moeten doen en de nieuwe wilden waren pas tevreden als alles droop. Het pleit voor de Constructieven dat ze zich niet van de wijs lieten brengen"). With a drawing in black ballpoint on htitle of a man holding a bottle on his head, with ms. text "14-1-89/ Siep pier is jarig", signed "Jan & Fatima". The frontcover w. (sl. soiled) collage by Siep van den Berg.
= Title monogrammed "SvdB" and "'89" and w. autogr. annot. "Hulpeloos staan tegenover onrecht en oorlog! de wanhoop nabij maar [printed impressum "Rap"] doorgaan met dat, waarvoor je koos en er in blijven geloven". All abstract geometrical compositions. Also containing a few mounted newspaper clippings. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE IV.
- Sm. paint stain on frontcover.
= All abstract compositions. "Een standpunt of een gevestigde meening deugt niet. Deze hierboven dus is van mij en deugt dus allerminst. SvdB".
= Annot: "Oude koek Hitler bepaalde ook de uitroeing der Joden - geen advies van derden nodig! SvdB"; "Droom. Iets viel kapot en jij met de zorgzaamheid voor huis en haard, veegde de scherven en deed ze in de afvalzak, waarna je deze buiten zet SvdB" and "Academie: school waar jonge hondjes leeren blaffen SvdB" and "4 5 92 Herdenking op de Dam Trix+Claus+4 witte marine petten".
= All abstract compositions. Htitle monogrammed "SvdB '95"; frontwr. w. collage of black, red and blue rectangles. The manuscript texts i.a. quotations from works by Leopold and Chekhov.
= Monogrammed "SvdB 8'98" on upper pastedown. Possibly one of the latest sketchbooks made by Van den Berg (he died on 27 October 1998), the last pages blank w. only a grid in pencil to make compositions on. "4 9 98 Opening 3 tentoonst. in Groningen - Museum - Oosterpoort en Jacoba (...) Veel publiek - veel handen schudden, wel bekende gezichten weinig herkenning. 11 9 98 d'Eendt. Opening overzicht over de laatste 10 jaar. 1 schil. verkocht. Niet druk, zeer geanimeerd." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE IV.
- Trifle yellowed. = Rare.