Martin Stam - 3 etchings: a) 'Amazon'; b) Untitled; c) 'Acedia', 1969 - Sold

Two etchings by the Hague artist Martin Stam.
a) 'amazone' 1969 ed - final state 5/20 - work dimensions 8 x 7 cm (image) / passe-partout dimensions 30 x 30 cm
b) no title 1969 ed - final state 4/20 - work dimensions 11 x 13 cm (image) / no passe-partout
c) 'acedia' 1971 ed - final state 2/20 - work dimensions 8.5 x 9 cm (image) / no passe-partout


The works come from the gallery stock of Galerie De Berenkuil in Bussum/Breukelen, where Stam exhibited in November 1970 (source NRC November 5, 1970) as one of the debutants and participated again in 1972 during a large retrospective of realistic and surrealist artists.
Galerie 'De Berenkuil' was a high-profile and progressive art gallery that was active between 1965 and 1976. During that period, the gallery played an important role in showcasing contemporary, modern, and avant-garde visual art in the Netherlands.

Martin Stam (born in 1939) is known for his magical realist and surrealist paintings. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, where he was taught by Co Westerik, among others.
His work from that period is characterized by a gentle melancholy and parallel worlds that appear familiar at first glance but alienate upon closer examination.