Hans Meeuwsen - 2026 - 9

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Hans Meeuwsen, 2026 - 9, a porcelain sculpture in original edition, measuring 130 mm wide, 212 mm high and 74 mm deep, oxide-fired at 1240°C and signed with two applications bearing the forename and the Japanese characters yakimono and raku.

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The artwork is made of porcelain, oxidation-fired at 1240°C. The wall thickness is about one millimeter, therefore there is some transparency in the porcelain.
The work is signed with two appliqués bearing the first name and the initial of the last name, along with the Japanese characters yakimono and raku.

During shipping, this crate will be packed using a 'box in box' method, with the space between the inner and outer packing filled with shock-absorbing material.

Hans Meeuwsen (1954, The Netherlands) graduated from the Visual Arts Academy in Tilburg to initially become a visual arts teacher at an upper secondary school. His main specialty was drawing, but he accidentally discovered the potential of clay as a visual arts medium. Rolling, pressing and cutting provided him with small flat clay squares that he used to build cubic shapes that looked like hermetically sealed cells.
A few years later he received national and international recognition with exhibitions in the Netherlands and Germany. Important works from that period include towers, pyramids and other constructions, some purely geometric abstractions, others interpretations of the mythical Tower of Babel. Hans further developed his ceramic skills during residencies at the European Ceramic Work Centre in the Netherlands and during working periods in New Zealand, Lithuania, and the Japanese island of Hirado.
During the most recent years he has further developed his ceramic skills and works with creamy white wafer-thin slices of porcelain that are mounted into cubes or pyramids. By stacking these geometric shapes in repetitive patterns he creates sculptures that are reminiscent of the Dutch Zero-movement and in particular the works by Jan Schoonhoven, but in the end clearly bears the artists’ own signature. He applies his decades-long experience to create a dialogue between inner and outer space, between geometric and organic, between order and chaos.
Hans Meeuwsen is a “Prix de Rome” nominee of 1987 and a Fletcher Challenge Ceramic merit award winner of 1992 and ever since then his work has found its way to many national and international collections.

Seller's Story

Hans Meeuwsen (1954, The Netherlands) graduated from the Visual Arts Academy in Tilburg to initially become a teacher in visual arts at an upper secondary school. His main specialism was drawing, but he accidentally discovered the potential of clay as a visual arts medium. Rolling, pressing and cutting provided him with little flat clay squares that he used to built cubic shapes looking like hermetically closed cells. A few years later he received national and international recognition with exhibitions in The Netherlands and Germany. Important works from that time include towers, pyramids and other constructions, some being pure geometric abstractions, others being interpretations of the mythical Tower of Babel. Hans further developped his ceramic skills during residencies at the European Ceramic Work Center in The Netherlands and working periods in New Zealand, Lithuania and the Japanese Island Hirado. During the most recent years he has further developped his ceramic skills and works with creamy white wafer-thin slices of egg-shell porcelain that are mounted into cubes or pyramids. By stacking these geometric shapes in repetitive patterns he creates sculptures that are reminiscent of the Dutch Zero-movement and in particular the works by Jan Schoonhoven, but in the end clearly bears the artists' own signature. He applies his decades-long experience to create a dialogue between inner and outer space, between geometric and organic, between order and chaos. Hans Meeuwsen is a “Prix de Rome” nominee of 1987 and a Fletcher Challenge Ceramic merit award winner of 1992 and ever since then his work has found its way to many national and international collections.
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The artwork is made of porcelain, oxidation-fired at 1240°C. The wall thickness is about one millimeter, therefore there is some transparency in the porcelain.
The work is signed with two appliqués bearing the first name and the initial of the last name, along with the Japanese characters yakimono and raku.

During shipping, this crate will be packed using a 'box in box' method, with the space between the inner and outer packing filled with shock-absorbing material.

Hans Meeuwsen (1954, The Netherlands) graduated from the Visual Arts Academy in Tilburg to initially become a visual arts teacher at an upper secondary school. His main specialty was drawing, but he accidentally discovered the potential of clay as a visual arts medium. Rolling, pressing and cutting provided him with small flat clay squares that he used to build cubic shapes that looked like hermetically sealed cells.
A few years later he received national and international recognition with exhibitions in the Netherlands and Germany. Important works from that period include towers, pyramids and other constructions, some purely geometric abstractions, others interpretations of the mythical Tower of Babel. Hans further developed his ceramic skills during residencies at the European Ceramic Work Centre in the Netherlands and during working periods in New Zealand, Lithuania, and the Japanese island of Hirado.
During the most recent years he has further developed his ceramic skills and works with creamy white wafer-thin slices of porcelain that are mounted into cubes or pyramids. By stacking these geometric shapes in repetitive patterns he creates sculptures that are reminiscent of the Dutch Zero-movement and in particular the works by Jan Schoonhoven, but in the end clearly bears the artists’ own signature. He applies his decades-long experience to create a dialogue between inner and outer space, between geometric and organic, between order and chaos.
Hans Meeuwsen is a “Prix de Rome” nominee of 1987 and a Fletcher Challenge Ceramic merit award winner of 1992 and ever since then his work has found its way to many national and international collections.

Seller's Story

Hans Meeuwsen (1954, The Netherlands) graduated from the Visual Arts Academy in Tilburg to initially become a teacher in visual arts at an upper secondary school. His main specialism was drawing, but he accidentally discovered the potential of clay as a visual arts medium. Rolling, pressing and cutting provided him with little flat clay squares that he used to built cubic shapes looking like hermetically closed cells. A few years later he received national and international recognition with exhibitions in The Netherlands and Germany. Important works from that time include towers, pyramids and other constructions, some being pure geometric abstractions, others being interpretations of the mythical Tower of Babel. Hans further developped his ceramic skills during residencies at the European Ceramic Work Center in The Netherlands and working periods in New Zealand, Lithuania and the Japanese Island Hirado. During the most recent years he has further developped his ceramic skills and works with creamy white wafer-thin slices of egg-shell porcelain that are mounted into cubes or pyramids. By stacking these geometric shapes in repetitive patterns he creates sculptures that are reminiscent of the Dutch Zero-movement and in particular the works by Jan Schoonhoven, but in the end clearly bears the artists' own signature. He applies his decades-long experience to create a dialogue between inner and outer space, between geometric and organic, between order and chaos. Hans Meeuwsen is a “Prix de Rome” nominee of 1987 and a Fletcher Challenge Ceramic merit award winner of 1992 and ever since then his work has found its way to many national and international collections.
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Details

Era
After 2000
Country of Origin
Netherlands
Material
Porcelain
Artist
Hans Meeuwsen
Title of artwork
2026 - 9
Signature
Two applications, one featuring a first name and the second displaying Japanese characters 'raku'
Edition
Original
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
212 mm
Width
130 mm
Depth
74 mm
The NetherlandsVerified
692
Objects sold
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