Man and Machine

Marinus Johannes Hack (1871–1939), sandstone, c. 1913

This statue stood at the entrance of the Amsterdam office of a company that exported machines to Dutch businesses in the former Dutch East Indies. The Javanese man, nude and sitting cross-legged, symbolizes the colony. The modern diesel engine in his lap alludes to the company’s trading activities, as well as to the progress that the Netherlands hoped to bring to Indonesia.

Artwork typefigure, sculpture
Object numberNG-1992-18
Dimensionsheight 120 cm, weight 443 kg, height 24 cm x width 64 cm x depth 64 cm
Physical characteristicskalk-zandsteen

Identification

Title(s)
Man and Machine
Object type
Object number
NG-1992-18
Description
This statue stood at the entrance of the Amsterdam office of a company that exported machines to Dutch businesses in the former Dutch East Indies. The Javanese man, nude and sitting cross-legged, symbolizes the colony. The modern diesel engine in his lap alludes to the company’s trading activities, as well as to the progress that the Netherlands hoped to bring to Indonesia.
Catalogue reference
Ype Koopmans, 'Hack en Oosschot : twee ambachtskunstenaars in de schaduw van Lauweriks, De Bazel en Berlage', Jong Holland (1991) nr. 3, p. 32-51.

Creation

Creation
sculptor: Marinus Johannes Hack, Amsterdam
Dating
c. 1913
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Material and technique

Physcial description
kalk-zandsteen
Material
Dimensions
- height 120 cm
- weight 443 kg
- height 24 cm x width 64 cm x depth 64 cm

This work is about

Person
Subject
Place

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Gift of Lindeteves-Jacoberg B.V.
Acquisition
gift 1992-12-21
Ownership
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- Ype Koopmans, 'Hack en Oosschot : twee ambachtskunstenaars in de schaduw van Lauweriks, De Bazel en Berlage', Jong Holland (1991) nr. 3, p. 32-51.
- Monsteronderzoek op zoutbelasting, Koning & Bienfait B.V., Amsterdam, 1990-06-25.
- 'Stationaire brons-motoren', Catalogus Lindeteves-Stokvis 1929, p. 497-498.
- Documentatiemap: kopie artikel Koopmans 1992, p. 397; kopie artikel Koopmans 1991; kopie catalogus Lindeteves-Stokvis 1929; monsteronderzoek zoutbelasting 1990; plan van aanpak restauratie 1990; kopie artikel Verschuyl 1915; kopie artikel Sprokkelingen 1914; 2 zwart-wit foto's fabriek en 1 zwart-wit en pollaroid van beeld.
- Ype Koopmans, 'Koloniale expansie en de Nederlandse sculptuur', Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis 105 (1992), p. 383-406, p. 397.
- 'Ons nieuwe kantoorgebouw te Amsterdam', Sprokkelingen van Lindeteves-Stokvis 8 (1914) nr. 12, p. 133-138.
- S. Verschuyl, 'Amsterdam. Het hoofdkantoor van Lindeteves-Stokvis', De Bouwwereld 15 (1915) nr. 28, p. 218-220 met bijvoegsel.
- Plan van aanpak restauratie en kostenraming, Maatschap Quellinus, Rotterdam, 1990-05-01.

Persistent URL

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