Peter Behrens's Blog, page 535
March 31, 2013
The Old Truck Rescue Project: 1941 GMC
Jonathan SachsI'm guessing at the age of this truck. It's one of Dave Jones' collection near Sprague, Washington. Jonathan Sachs photo.
March 30, 2013
Absolutely Standard Nijmegen
Nijmegen street. Vernacular. Terraced houses. My guess, early 20th c. Very Dutch, very ordinary, very pleasing and effective.
No Fear: Dutch Architecture
Some of the Dutch architecture of the last couple of decades is excellent, some of it isn't. But most of it is bold. These buildings are on the campus of Radboud University in Nijmegen. For contrast: the Nijemegan stadtshaus, originally 17th century.
reconstructed mid-19th.
reconstructed mid-19th.
Renault 4 La "Quatrelle"
Looks like ex- French post office. I think it's tough to get older vehicles registered in France...so some of them end up in The Netherlands.
March 28, 2013
March 27, 2013
Arte povera at the Kroller Muller
Saw an exhibition of Italian artists--Michelangelo Pistoletto, Gilberto Zorio, Guiseepe Penone--who were, sort of, members of the arte povera circle/movement in the 1970s up at the Kroller Muller museum in The Netherlands yesterday.
