78/3704 Berg, S. van den (1913-1998). (Sketchbook). "Rowney (...) Sketchbook (...)" (giltlettered on backcover), 55 lvs., containing 54 drawings in black felt-tip pen or ballpoint, some mounted newspaper clippings (w. autogr. commentaries), a mounted birth announcement card on verso frontcover, monogrammed "SvdB 72" on first leaf and "Siep van den Berg oct.72" on upper pastedown, orig. rexine, frontcover w. mounted paper initials "svdb" w. "siep" "van" "den" "berg" in blue ballpoint in the concerning letters.

= Contains abstract geometrical compositions, stylized landscapes, nudes and heads, with a few drawings monogr. and dated (i.a. "4 8 73") and the landscapes partly identified, i.a. "Plaunica", "Karlobag" and "Alsace". The clippings i.a. including a portrait of Adolf Hitler wearing a military cap, w. captions in ballpoint and pencil by Siep van den Berg: "een hoed die een hoofd had willen zijn. Lucebert" and "als je niet beter wist, zou je denken dat het de postbode of 'n gewone politieagent was. SvdB 73". Also containing some annots., i.a. on music and travel dates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE V.