Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4666835
Area
Jigsaw puzzles
Title
25 jaar De Bezige Bij 1944-1969
Manufacturer
Collection / set
Number
Addition to number
Number of pieces
1000
Year
1969
Material
Artist / Photographer
Country
Nederland
Barcode / EAN / UPC
Dimensions
28.3 x 39.1 x 5 cm (doos)
Details

2-sided image: one side of the puzzle is legible text, other side puzzle is the library picture. All employees are on the 4 sides of the box: including employee 69 Jan Gerhard Toonder. The Super read-leg puzzle. 25 years De Bezige Bij 1944-1969. Puzzle of the famous photo by Paul Huf with (almost) all the authors of the fund on it, taken in the library of the Rijksprentenkabinet in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum on May 15, 1969. The puzzle box, with the photo of Huf on the lid and the names of all those portrayed on the sides) has the following contents: 1. Puzzle pieces. The reverse of the pieces is printed with printed texts and in facsimile of the manuscript. 2. Copy of the photo as a poster (50 x 72 cm). 3. Sheet with (numbered) the silhouettes of the authors (so you can make a quiz at home!). 4. Two newspaper clippings about a remake of the 2004 photo. * Texts by authors from the fund are printed on the back of the puzzle. We see texts by Buddingh ", Campert, Claus, Lucebert, Miller, Harry Mulisch, Nooteboom, Schierbeek and Toonder, among others. At the top right, in facsimile of the typescript, a text about the question "why write?" By, prevented but present, W.F. Hermans. We quote Richter Roegholt, The history of De Bezige Bij 1942-1972 (Amsterdam 1972), p. 255-256, about the creation of the photo: "One of the events with which De Bezige Bij celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1969 was the publication of a poster with a photo of 161 of its employees (…). All writers, illustrators, designers and non-writing employees of De Bezige Bij were invited to the Bij on Ascension Day May 15, 1969 for a group photo to be taken by Paul Huf Jr. The location was selected by Paul Huf: the library of the Rijksprentenkabinet in the Rijksmuseum. It was a fitting environment with all those books, and on the steps and the surrounding balconies there was room to arrange this "largest group I have ever photographed", as Paul Huf says. The camera was on a balcony half way across from the group; the illumination came from four scattered electron flashes. On their return to Van Miereveldstraat, the guests were offered a meal while The Busy Drone played in the street. The poster, symbol of Geert Lubberhuizen's all-embracing love of bees, was also marketed as a jigsaw puzzle. A key to the names of the depicted persons has been added to this. "The photo was taken again in 2019 with the authors of now including Jules Deelder, who died on December 19, 2019.

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