Eight Stacked Beams

Eight Stacked Beams

Carel VisserWW-1964-012064
1964·welding on iron (metal)·height: 100 cm, length: 72.2 cm, width: 173 cm, thickness: 12.2 cm, weight: 241 cm, length: 123.2 cm, width: 25.5 cm

Rijksmuseum / Public Domain

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Year
1964
Dimensions
height: 100 cm, length: 72.2 cm, width: 173 cm, thickness: 12.2 cm, weight: 241 cm, length: 123.2 cm, width: 25.5 cm
Collection
Rijksmuseum

Artist

Carel Visser
Carel Visser

Sculpture

Carel Visser was a Dutch sculptor working primarily in welded steel and bronze during the postwar period. His abstract forms combined constructivist geometry with organic, biomorphic shapes, creating a distinctive bridge between industrial material and natural volume. Based in the Netherlands, Visser developed a rigorous formal language that engaged with the possibilities of steel as both structural and expressive medium. His work remained rooted in abstraction throughout his career, avoiding both figurative representation and purely geometric reduction.

Papendrecht, Netherlands

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1963 · welding on steel (alloy), concrete, lead (metal)

WW-1963-012063

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Year
1964
Dimensions
height: 100 cm, length: 72.2 cm, width: 173 cm, thickness: 12.2 cm, weight: 241 cm, length: 123.2 cm, width: 25.5 cm
Watts ID
WW-1964-012064

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Collection
Rijksmuseum
Source
rijksmuseum
Status
verified

Artist

Carel Visser

Carel Visser

Sculpture

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