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Marten Hendriks - 'Kohinoor' - Acrylverf op doek (190x150 cm)
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‘Verkade’s Kohinoor’ or simply ‘Kohinoor’ is a very large (150 x 190 cm) acrylic painting on canvas by the well-known artist Marten Hendriks. The work is signed, dated (1990), and titled in handwriting on the back. This work was exhibited in the retrospective exhibition of Marten Hendriks: ‘Marten Hendriks Scrolling interface poker face’ at Museum Arnhem in the year 2000.
Marten Hendriks (Doetinchem, 1941) is one of the most prominent Dutch artists of his generation. Numerous publications have been written about his life and work, and major museums have paid ample attention to his work. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam held a large retrospective exhibition of his work titled ‘Time Slip’ in 2018-2019.
A special aspect of this painting is that, together with a few other paintings, it occupies a special place in Hendriks' oeuvre. During a short period in the 1980s and early 1990s, Hendriks devoted himself to painting, only to leave it almost entirely behind after a peak in his career: a solo exhibition at Museum Arnhem, and to focus on a much broader orientation in his artistry. Several of the large paintings from this period, including ‘Kohinoor,’ thematically focus on the recognition of architectural or urban planning principles. In the context Apunto Gallery | web: apuntogallery.com | telephone: +31(0)6 16 39 36 30 | e-mail: info@apuntogallery.com Marten Hendriks – ‘Verkade’s Kohinoor’ – acrylic paint on canvas (190 x 145 cm) of this theme, works such as ‘Final Disclosure’ (collection Museum Arnhem), ‘Spiegelkrans’ (recently exhibited at De Groen in Arnhem), ‘Verkade’s Kohinoor’ (Apunto Gallery), and ‘Expanded Model’ (collection Rijksmuseum Twenthe) were created. In this series of works, Hendriks starts from previously made drawings based on his preconceived perspective. The works are based on seemingly simple starting points in the immediate vicinity of Hendriks' studio: a plastic cutlery tray, a mirror, a cookie tin, a small staircase he built and tiled himself, for example, became the starting point for the paintings that work as architectural explorations. This architectural theme has retained a prominent place in Hendriks' oeuvre, while working on large canvases with purely painterly methods was concluded with this series. This makes ‘Kohinoor’ a rare and special work that occupies an almost unique place in the oeuvre of Marten Hendriks.
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ConditionExcellentColorsMulti Color, White, GreyMaterialCanvasNumber of items1OrientationLandscapeArt sizeLargeHeight150 cmWidth190 cm
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Arnhem, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since January 2026 • 0 sales