Kabelbaan en gondels Grevelingendam

1965

Nico Bakker

etching, aquatint on paper

49,7 x 65,1cm

Currently not on display

Acquired in 1968

Inventory number 16

schenking / donation

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Description

The Delta works is a system of defence against disastrous floods such as that in 1953 in the Dutch coastal province of Zeeland. In the view of the scale of the planned dikes, special lifting vessels and pontoons were designed for the project. The Delta works are regarded as one of the seven modern wonders of 20th century engineering art by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

As an expression of pride, the Dutch government commissioned various artists to record the on-going construction of the Delta works in different media from 1959 and 1970. The blueprints were donated in portfolios to museums and important foreign guests.

[exhibition text 2017]

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