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The sculptures
as shown here in this virtual gallery are for sale!
You can view them in the gallery &
studio located in The Hague, The Netherlands.
On appointment only.
Mark
Rietmeijer
Slijkeinde 56
2513 VD The Haque
The Netherlands
T:
06-49873715
Email
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'Driesprong'
Materials:
Marble
Price Euro 3.500,-
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'Atalanta
fugiens'
Materials:
marble/lead
Height: 90cm
Price:
Euro 4.750,-
The foundations
for the period '88-'92, in which alchemy was his main source of
inspiration, Rietmeijer found in a book written by Michael Maier.
He had taken that book with him on a trip to Terschelling and,
as he read, the inspiration and manner of working of the old alchemists
gripped him. Alchemy's ideal, the predecessor of our modern, scientific
chemistry, was - alongside the search for the secret of eternal
youth - the transmutation of base metals into precious metals....Read
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