- SIXTIES - AMSTERDAM, THE MAGIC CENTRE - DESKUNDOLOGISCH LABORATORIUM (EXPERTOLOGY LAB) - RENEMAN, Max (Dutch 1923 - 1978). Het Deskundologisch Laboratorium, the archives of the Expertology Lab. A. Original photographs by Cor Jaring and others:
JARING, Cor (Dutch 1936 - 2013). Reneman in his lab coat and wooden shoes in front of an apartment building, 1972. Gelatin silver print. Good condition, minor handling creases. 18 x 24 cm.
JARING, Cor (Dutch 1936 - 2013). Deskundologen Grootveld and Kley, Ruigoord. Gelatin silver print, with copyright stamp 'Cor Jaring Middenweg 161 Tel 020-56652 Amsterdam-1006 Holland', title in blue pen 'Deskundologen Grootveld Kley' and layout instructions (on the reverse). 24 x 30.2 cm.
Added: another photo by Jaring, titled 'Kley', with copyright stamp (on the reverse). Both in good condition, minor creases. 18 x 24 cm.
JARING, Cor (Dutch 1936 - 2013). Robert Jasper Grootveld examines an egg in the context of the question on Chicken or Egg (Wat was eerder kip of ei?), Ruigoord. Gelatin silver print, with copyright stamp 'Cor Jaring Middenweg 161 Tel 020-56652 Amsterdam-1006 Holland' (on the reverse). Some wear along the margins, slightly discoloured.
JARING, Cor (Dutch 1936 - 2013). Gelatin silver print, with copyright stamp 'Cor Jaring Middenweg 161 Tel 020-56652 Amsterdam-1006 Holland' and title in pen 'RJ Grootveld onderzocht ei in kader van "Wat was eerder, kip of ei?" and some layout instructions (on the reverse). Some wear to the margins, slightly discoloured. 30.2 x 24 cm. Added by the same: a photo of the vise with the broken egg only. Good condition. 24 x 18 cm.
JARING, Cor (Dutch 1936 - 2013). Deskundologen Kley en Grootveld met (het deskundologisch kijkglas). (Expertologists Kley and Grootveld with the expertological magnifying glass. Gelatin silver print, with copyright stamp 'Cor Jaring Middenweg 161 Tel 020-56652 Amsterdam-1006 Holland' and title in blue pen 'Deskundologen Kley en Grootveld (met het deskundologisch kijkglas)' (on the reverse). Some wear to the margins. 30.2 x 24 cm.
after JARING, Cor (Dutch 1936 - 2013). Deskundologie: de kippentrek; Lowlands Weed Company: rookstoel; Stichting Openbaar Kunstgebit. Three half tone negatives after photos by Cor Jaring, titled (lower margin). Mounted and with adhesive tape. Used but in good condition. 31.2 x 23.7 cm.
JARING, Cor (Dutch 1936 - 2013). Max Reneman with one of the Machines of the Deskundologen, c. 1972. Gelatin silver print, signed in pink felt pen 'Cor Jaring' (on the reverse). Minor handling creases, 4 pinholes in the corners.
JARING, Cor (Dutch 1936 - 2013). Nederland is te groot, from the series Holland Promotion, 1972. Two gelatin silver prints of Max Reneman with painted face, standing on stilts with the national flag as a cape around him, one titled in black pen by Reneman: 'Nederland is te groot' (on the reverse). The other photo is a detail with Reneman's painted face. Some wear and creases, one corner dog-eared. 18 x 24 cm.
Added: two prints for a poster of the exhibition of 'De roodwitblauwe koe is los'. De tentoonstelling van het deskundologisch laboratorium' in: De Koningswei, Kultureelsentrum in Tilburg. Slightly damaged. DETTLING, W. (Dutch). Boven De Kuil (Over The Hole), 1972. Gelatin silver print, with copyright stamp 'W. Dettling Warmoesstr. 119 A'dam - Tel 243828' (on the reverse). (Finger-) soiled, else good. 18 x 24 cm. attr. to DETTLING, W. (Dutch). The Hole and Holland Promotion. Two gelatin silver prints mounted together on a sheet of white paper with layout instructions (on the reverse). Some wear to the margins and handling creases. Added: five separate portraits 'Werkfoto's' of fellow workers at the hole, like Grootveld, Hoekert, Reneman, and later prints of wooden shoes and found objects. Different sizes.
DETTLING, W. (Dutch). Deskundologische grondwerkzaamheden (ground research), c. 1972. Five gelatin silver prints, with copyright stamp 'W. Dettling Warmoesstr. 119 A'dam - Tel 243828' (on the reverse of 3 photos) and with layout instructions in red felt pen (1x on the reverse). Handling creases, one corner dog-eared. All c. 16 x 22 cm. N.B. Inspired by the construction of the metro in Amsterdam in 1972, the members of 'Het Deskundologisch Laboratorium' dug a big hole in the floor of the café-gallery K. Appel in the Oude Hoogstraat 27 in Amsterdam in search of all kinds of signals from the past.
DIJKSTRA, Ger (Dutch 1921). Grootveld, Reneman and Kley at an exhibition of the Deskundologisch Laboratorium. Gelatin silver print, with copyright stamp 'Copyright Ger Dijkstra & Zn. Bouvigne 24 Amsterdam-Holland [...]' (on the reverse). Wear to the margins, one diagonal fold. 24 x 18 cm. N.N. Six photos mounted side by side on a sheet of white paper. Depicted is a chair with painted title 'Mobiele leerstoel in de Deskundologie' photographed from all sides, with in black pen 'Ned. tandartsenblad no 22 1973' and layout instructions (on the reverse). Some wear to the margins, slightly soiled.
Added: two other photos of Reneman as researcher for the 'Deskundologisch Laboratorium' and one gelatin silver print by Otto Romijn 'Portrait of a 'Zielkundoloog', with copyright stamp 'foto Otto Romijn Kuipersstraat 55'' telefoon 791464 Amsterdam o-z', layout instructions and inscribed by Reneman with title in black pen (on the reverse, crossed out). The picture of the 'zielkundoloog' was published in: De Nieuwe Linie, 5 juli '72 as an example of psycho-therapeutologic bla-bla. Slightly damaged, with some folds. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. N.B. Max Reneman and Theo Kley held a mobile chair 'Mobiele leerstoel in de Deskundologie' at the VU University Amsterdam. N.N. Photomontage with Robert Jasper Grootveld and Max Reneman, in the series Openbaar Kunstgebit. Gelatin silver print, montage with Grootveld and Reneman standing inside a denture. Slightly discoloured and worn. 17.5 x 24 cm. NB. Besides his work as an artist and member of the Deskundologisch Laboratorium, Max Reneman was a dentist. He combined his skills on artistic and prosthetic level by founding the 'Stichting Openbaar Kunstgebit', a wordplay on 'Public Art Collection'. N.N. Robert Jasper & Max Reneman bezig met onderzoek "Wat was eerder, kip of ei?" (Robert Jasper & Max Reneman investigate "What came first, chicken or egg?"). Series on the research into the issue of chicken and egg, consisting of: two sheets with contact prints, four b&w photos, one titled in blue pen 'Robert Jasper & Max Reneman bezig met onderzoek "Wat was eerder, kip of ei?" (on the reverse) and 5 colour prints of girls with an egg in their mouth, in the original folder stamped '9 mei 1975' and inscribed 'reneman ei', and 3 other. Two contact prints cut out, some layout instuctions, good condition. 24 x 18 cm. (2x), 12 x 18 cm. (4x), 9 x 13 cm. (5x).
RUIGROK, Wim (Dutch 1939). Deskundologen in their lab coats at work. Gelatin silver print mounted on printed paper form 'L. Form 15333', with added 'Deskundoloog' under 'Aanvraag bezoek', with copyright stamp 'Foto: Wim Ruigrok' (in the front lower right margin). Minor wear to the margins, paper form discoloured. Photo size 16 x 21.5 cm., paper size 27 x 21.5 cm. B. Personal album with photos, drawings, autograph and typed notes and thoughts, 1972 - 1979. Esveha Multo ringbinder with plastic photo covers, with several photos in b&w and colour prints: two passport photos in paper folder of Heno, with autograph note by Reneman: "Woesteling op zondag na het ontbijt, denkend aan een film van Harold Loyd."; Photos of machines like 'D. Bangert' and of a still life for 'Openbaar Kunstgebit'; Rafts and boats; bicycles; Six b&w photos of the death of an old man beneath a linden tree during a Deskundologic research of trees in Tilburg; Original autograph postcard 'Anti-Doping!' of an old lady on a tricycle with mounted strip of paper with in red and black pen "Deskundolgie afdeling: vooruitgang" from Theo Kley and friends to Deskundologisch Lab., Aan Max Reneman, dated 29-9-1972: "Beste Max, We hebben met ons vieren reeds veel deskundologische arbeid verzet alhier. Waaronder kerkhofonderzoek, grotonderzoek, verschijnsels ontdekt. Gewerkt aan de klompeljon en verder diverse desk. ontdekk. gedaan waarvan nader verslag bij onze terugkomst in A'dam. We hebben hier tamelijk hard gewerkt maar hebben niet het idee klaar te zijn voor ons vertrek".
C. KLEY, Theo (Dutch 1936). Moeder, wat is er mis ..... met deze planeet? [Amsterdam, Rap, 1969]. 4to. Magazine with several photos and illustrations on: Eksooties Kietsj Konservaatooriejum; Moederpop; Wie ruikt er mee?; Stichting Nieuw Wereldrecord; Insektensekte a.s.o.
Added:
- Postcard of Le Chateau d'Eben Ezer, Eben-Emael in Flanders, the location of the 'Vlinderopera', with two original drawings by Theo Kley: a flying butterfly and an insect standing on the roof of the castle with arrow and name "Theo". 9 x 14 cm.;
- Photo of Theo Kley's 'Draagbaar deskundologisch proefstation', inscribed by Reneman with name of the artist and title (on the reverse);
- A print of the drawing 'Handorakel 'by Theodorus Kley, deskundoloog. All items (finger-)soiled, tail of magazine spine sl. loose. 23 x 16.5 cm.
D. Deskundologisch Tijdschrift, Insekten Sekte, 1971. [Amsterdam], Deskundologisch Laboratorium van de insekten sekte, [february 1971]. 4to. Paper covers with butterfly. Photocopies, with several illustrations and photos. With contributions by Hub Mathijsen, Theo Kley, Max Reneman, Joost Mathijsen, Cor Jaring a.o. Folded once, some stains. 42 p. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the 'Keerkring' in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from 27/2 - 21/3 1971.
E. JUFFERMANS, Jan (Dutch). Handboek der Deskundologie Deel I. [Amsterdam, 1972]. 4to. Decorated boards with dustwrappers, with several illustrations and photos. With contributions of Jan Willem Beunk, Robert Jasper Grootveld, Piet Holstein, Cor Jaring, Theo Kley, Max Reneman a.o. Inscribed and signed by Jan Juffermans in red pen: "Opgedragen aan mijn beste vriendje Max" (first free endpaper). Spine and wrappers damaged, two pages loose. (106 p.). F. Liber amicorum Deskundoloog Max Reneman 1923 - 1978. De volle maan/Western Art Press, 1979. 4to. Orig. wrappers with contributions by Guus Flögel, Robert Jasper Grootveld, Ike Cialona, Hub Mathijsen, Simon Vinkenoog, Theo Kley and other friends and family. Waterstained but good copy. (84 p.).
