Eric Wittenberns - Three objects

In 1975, Salix Alba (Eric Wittenberns 1951-2021 and Hans Uijtdewilligen) became a member of the Drukwerk in de Marge Foundation. This membership led to connections with other printers and marginal publishers. They organized fairs such as the Market for Small Publishers at Paradiso in Amsterdam and the Small Press Festival in Utrecht. This festival took place annually at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Utrecht under the inspiring leadership of curator and poet Wouter Kotte. During these events, Eric encountered the work of Emile Puettmann.
In the late 1970s, Eric collaborated on a photographic reprint of The Next Call (published by Reflex, Utrecht in collaboration with the Stedelijk Museum) by Groningen typographer/printer H.N. Werkman. The Next Call was an avant-garde magazine that Werkman printed and sent to fellow artists in the 1920s. He experimented with typography. The work of Rotterdam typographer Emile Puettmann and Groningen printer H.N. Werkman inspired Eric. He also admired the work of Frans de Jong (Drukhuis, Amsterdam).
Eric used letters and other printing techniques in his graphic work. Later, he also applied them to his paintings. He stamped his typographic work by hand or printed it on the Korrex cylinder proof press. In addition to etchings and woodcuts, he used various lead and wooden typefaces in his typographic work. He also carved a typeface that he used in his typographic experiments.
Eric Wittenberns
Man
Stamped in 3 colors
Pass partout: 50 x 65 cm
Print: 30 x 53 cm
Edition 20 (=2)
1998
Cool copy

Pioneers of the twentieth century
Stamped in three colors
Paper size: 50 x 65 cm
Image: 36 x 48 cm
Unique
2013
Cool copy


Technology is a given…
Stamped in three colors
Paper size: 50 x 65 cm
Image: 42.5 x 48 cm
Unique
1998
Cool copy