Lot 238 — "Een Wonderlyck Zee-Monster" Collage on a Plaster Board
Lot 238 — "Een Wonderlyck Zee-Monster" Collage on a Plaster Board
Lot 238 — "Een Wonderlyck Zee-Monster" Collage on a Plaster Board
Lot 238 — "Een Wonderlyck Zee-Monster" Collage on a Plaster Board
Lot 238 — "Een Wonderlyck Zee-Monster" Collage on a Plaster Board

Lot 238 — “Een Wonderlyck Zee-Monster” Collage on a Plaster Board

A mixed-media piece built around a printed Dutch broadsheet announcing “Een Wonderlyck Zee-Monster” (a wondrous sea monster), a great many-armed beast laid out on the shore, with a strip of Rembrandt’s Night Watch beneath, all framed in crusty plaster and yellow, black and teal paint.

Artist
Unknown artist
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Materials
Mixed media: printed paper, plaster and paint on board

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Description

Now here’s a sea monster after the crew’s own heart. The centre is a printed Dutch broadsheet, “Een Wonderlyck Zee-Monster te Sien” (“a wondrous sea monster to see”), with an engraving of a giant many-armed beast sprawled on the shore, ships and a town on the horizon, and a long column of old Dutch text beneath it. Below sits a strip of Rembrandt’s Night Watch, the militiamen gazing up at the monster as if they’ve just been ordered to go and fetch it.

The paper is set under a glossy surface on a board built up with thick, crusty plaster at the edges, painted pale yellow, with a wavy black border and loose teal brushwork framing the print. No signature on the front.

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