Alida Pott

One hundred years of De Ploeg: initially unity and/in diversity

Written in: Dutch • redactie • May 6, 2018

Upon a fleeting visual examination of the One Hundred Years of De Ploeg stamp sheet (in an edition of 125.000 sheets), the following stand out: 1. Numerous paintings, distributed across multiple images. 2. Diversity of imagery. 3. The presence of the names of the artists One Hundred Years of De Ploeg,...

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