Jan de Jong – [merzbau]

Jan de Jong / Dom Hans van der Laan (NL. mid-c20th)

painted wood. 162.5 x 43.8 x 52.4cm high

Early design bench (1964) by Jan de Jong, the Dutch Bossche School architect and protegé of the Dutch Benedictine monk and architect Dom Hans van de Laan.
The bench was made for and used in the Vincentius a Paulo church in Eindhoven; an important early example of Bossche School architecture by De Jong. (we have photographs of the bench in use)
The installation of the furniture for the church was made under the supervision of Dom Hans vd Laan. Essentially it was through these early Jan de Jong projects that Dom Hans vd Laan was able to witness the realisation of his complex design ideas and beliefs for what was possibly one of the first times.

Price: 6.500 euro

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Dom Hans van der Laan (NL 1904-1991)

Early desk
This desk was made for a private residence in the Netherlands in the 1971. It were commissioned as part of a complete interior refurbishment by Bossche School architects Louis de Kok/Fons Vermeulen. The olive colour wash was conceived by the artist Wim van Hooff whose colour schemes were utilised by many Bossche School designs during the mid century period.
The desk is particularly rare being that it is one of a limited number of vd Laan’s designs that were applied to domestic rather than ecclesiastical environments.
_Full provenance available

Prices: Desk: 12,000 euro (Stool: SOLD)

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