Elk, Ger van
Pieter Boersma (fotograaf)
Ger van Elk in his garden, dated March 1972
The Hague, RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History
Untitled, 1967
paper, alkyd paint, 31 x 49 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.309
Ger van Elk
Zonder titel, 1967
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.309
Untitled, 1968
paper, alkyd paint, 38,5 x 54 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.310
Prov.: Galerie Riekje Swart, 1968; Alphien van Ravesteijn
Ger van Elk
Zonder titel, 196
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.310
Calender, 1970
paper, 19 x 24 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.347 and KM-133.948
Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, inv. 5819
Ger van Elk
Kalender, 1970
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.347 and KM-133.948
Paul Klee - Um den Fisch, 1926, 1970
wooden table with cloth, projector, 55 x 68 x 70 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.311
Exh.: Art & Project, Amsterdam 1971 (Bulletin 33); In & out of Amsterdam : travels in conceptual art, 1960-1976 MoMA, New York 15.7 -26.10 2009; Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Lit.: Ger van Elk, The Well Shaven Cactus (1969), Paul Klee - Um den Fisch, 1926 (1970), The Co-Founder of the Word O.K. (1971), The Discovery of the Sardines (1971), The Symmetry of Diplomacy (1971), Amsterdam: Art & Project, April 1972; Konrad Fischer, Jürgen Harten, Hans Strelow, Prospect 71 Projection, Düsseldorf 1971; Cherix/Liese 2009, pp. 84-85, 137
One of four copies: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; coll. Becht, Naarden; coll. the artist; with certificate
Ger van Elk
Paul Klee - Um den Fisch, 1926, 1970
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.311
Ger van Elk en Reinier Lucassen
Morandi-olé, 1972
lithography, photography, 50.3 x 49.8 cm
(A, B, C): l.o. in potlood: ' G. van Elk 72 ' ; m.o.: ' 1/50 ' ; r.o.: ' lucassen 72 ' ; printed: LUCASSEN & GER VAN ELK / "MORANDI-OLÉ" 1972 '; verso on cover: ' edited by / GRAFIEK 50 / kapellestraat 35 / 8788 WAKKEN (Belgium) / tel. 056/63657 '
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.331
Exh.: Art & Project, Amsterdam 1982
Ger van Elk Lucassen
Morandi-olé, 1972
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.331
It's me twice as flat as I can be, 1973
bamboo, photography, 165 x 229 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.312
Exh.: Forum Internationale Kunstmesse, Zürich, 21.11 - 27.11 1984; Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Lit.: Ger van Elk, Badischer Kunstverein, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Kunstverein Braunschweig 1977, p. 17, cat.nr. 14; cat. Basel/Parijs/Rotterdam 1980, p. 48
Ger van Elk
It's me twice as flat as I can be, 1973
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.312
Los Angeles freeway flyer, 1973
wooden walking sticks and colour contact sheets, 68.5 x 505 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.313
Exh.: Forum Internationale Kunstmesse, Zürich, 21.11 - 27.11 1984; Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017; In & out of Amsterdam : travels in conceptual art, 1960-1976 MoMA, New York 15.7 -26.10 2009
Lit.: cat. Karlsruhe/Bonn/Braunsweig 1977, p. 14/15; cat. Basel/Parijs/Rotterdam 1980, p. 49; Cherix/Liese 2009, p. 88; Marente Bloemheuvel, Ger van Elk: De horizon, een geestelijk verschiet / The Horizon, a Mental Perspective, Rotterdam 1999 (exh. Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 4.9 - 24.10 1999), p. 17; Marente Bloemheuvel, Zsa-Zsa Eyck (samenst. en red.), Ger van Elk, Deventer 2009, pp. 124-127
Ger van Elk
Los Angeles freeway flyer, 1973
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.313
The Adieu, 1974
paper, pencil, aquarel paint (watercolor), 36 x 50.8 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.314
Ger van Elk
The Adieu, 1974
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.314
Pianolesson and The Adieu, 1974
pencil, aquarel paint (watercolor), 36 x 50.8 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.315
Ger van Elk
Pianoles en The Adieu, 1974
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.315
Study for Russian diplomacy, 1974
pencil, gouache, photography, 53 x 50 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.316
Ger van Elk
Study for Russian diplomacy, 1974
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.316
Untitled (Poster for the exhibition at the Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven), 1975
screenprint with photolithograph collage additions and one duplicate copy
composition: 48 x 46 cm; sheet: 50 x 48 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, inv. 1009.2007.x1-x2
Ger van Elk
Zonder titel (Affiche voor de tentoonstelling in Bremerhaven), 1975
New York City, The Museum of Modern Art, inv./cat.nr. 1009.2007.x1-x2
Missing persons, 1976
A set of two chromogenic prints, mounted on board, 55.5 x 71.2 cm
(1) lower left.: ‘Missing Persons’; r.o.: ’28/40’; (2) lower left.: ‘Missing persons 28/40’; lower right: ‘Ger van Elk 1976.’
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.332
Edition of 40, Marian Goodmann Gallery, New York; (also see Galerie Edition Schellman, München/New York, Art Edition 2, 1998)
Ger van Elk
Missing persons, 1976
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.332
Monte Bianco, 1977
acrylic paint, color photograph, 214 x 200,5 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.317
Exh.: Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Lit.: cat. Basel, Parijs, Rotterdam 1980, p. 70 (cat. 35)
Ger van Elk
Monte Bianco, 1977
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.317
Les deux-mois, 1979
acrylic paint, color photograph, 148 x 210 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.318
Exh.: Forum Internationale Kunstmesse, Zürich, 21.11 - 27.11 1984; Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Lit.: cat. Boijmans 1981, p. 75; cat. Boijmans 1993, p. 24
Ger van Elk
Les deux-mois, 1979
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.318
Mont Blanc Mountain, 1979
screen print, photography, polystyrene, 47.8 x 88 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.333
Ger van Elk
Mont Blanc Mountain, 1979
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.333
Roquebrune, 1979
screen print, photography, polystyrene, 88 x 170 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.334
Ger van Elk
Roquebrune, 1979
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.334
Sportive sculpture, 1979
acrylic paint, color photograph, rope, 280 x 310 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.319
Prov.: purchased from the artist
Exh.: Napels (Galleria Lucio Amelio)/Athene/Chicago 1984; Art & Project, Amsterdam 1984; Ger van Elk /Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Lit.: Josien Beltman, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Antwerpen 2009, p. 98
Ger van Elk
Sportive sculpture, 1979
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.319
Wizard sculpture, 1979
acrylic paint, color photograph, 180 x 244 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.320
Prov.: Lucio Amelio, Napels; purchased from the artist
Exh.: Forum Internationale Kunstmesse, Zürich, 21.11 - 27.11 1984; Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Lit.: cat. Basel/Parijs/Rotterdam 1980, p. 89
Ger van Elk
Wizard sculpture, 1979
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.320
Rocquebrune II, 1980
paper, screen print, color photograph, polystyrene, 48.9 x 97.4 cm
lower left: Rocquebrune II G. van Elk '80 / IX/X
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KMM 133.336
Ger van Elk
Rocquebrune II, 1980
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KMM 133.336
Pulling babies 1980
canvas, acrylic paint, color photograph, 400 x 190 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.306
Exh.: Incontr... Spoleto 1980?; Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam 1981; Edinburgh 1981; Serpentine Gallery, London 1982; '60-'80, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1982
Lit.: Cat. Basel/Parijs/Rotterdam 1980, p.83; Ad Petersen, Karel Schampers, '60 '80: attitudes, concepts, images, Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum 1982, p. 117
Ger van Elk
Pulling babies, 1980
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.306
Pulling Babies, 1980
screen print, photography, polystyrene, 74.5 x 100 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.335
Ger van Elk
Pulling Babies, 1980
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.335
Tarn sculpture, 1980
canvas, acrylic paint, color photograph, 0,8 x 287 x 179,5 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.321
Exh.: Rotterdam 1981; Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Ger van Elk
Tarn sculpture, 1980
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.321
Three Pets, 1981
acrylic paint, color photograph, 280 x 280 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.322
Ger van Elk
Three pets, 1981
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.322
Three Pets, 1981
screen print, 50 x 32 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.337
Exh.: Edinburgh/London/Bristol 1981; Documenta 7, Kassel 1982; An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, New York: MoMA 1984; Marian Goodman Gallery, New York 1988; Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Ger van Elk
Three Pets, 1981
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.337
Untitled, 1981
photolithograph, 55.5 x 43.4 cm
‘G. van Elk 81’; r.o: ’13/60’
edition of 60, commissioned by Martijn en Jeannette Sanders [?]
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.338
Ger van Elk
Zonder titel, 1981
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.338
Study for Three Pets, 1982
canvas, mixed media, gouache, photography, 37 x 43 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.323
Prov.: purchased from a private collector, 1984; Art & Project at Art Basel, Basel 8.6 - 11.6 1991
Exh.: Art & Project, Amsterdam 1982
Ger van Elk
Study for Three Pets, 1982
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.323
Bouquet d’Anvers, 1982
screen print, color photograph, polystyrene, 82 x 82 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.339
Exh.: Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Ger van Elk
Bouquet d'Anvers, 1982
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.339
Untitled, 1982
paper, pencil, colored pencil, 73 x 51 cm
lower right: Ger van Elk 1982
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.324
Ger van Elk
Zonder titel, 1982
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.324
Untitled, 1983
panel, mixed media, alkyd paint, photography, 93 x 93 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.325
Ger van Elk
Zonder titel, 1983
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.325
Alkmaer, 1983
screen print, alkyd paint, color photograph, polystyrene, 93.3 x 88.4 x 2.7 cm
signed and dated: ‘Eigen prent. / G. van Elk ’83’
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.340
Exh.: Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Ger van Elk
Alkmaer, 1983
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.340
Sketch for '1950' Flowers, 1984
pencil, pencil, 78.7 x 59 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.326
Exh.: Forum Internationale Kunstmesse, Zürich, 21.11 - 27.11 1984; Art & Project, Amsterdam 1984
Ger van Elk
Sketch for '1950' Flowers, 1984
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.326
Oranje, blanje, bleue, 1985
photolithograph, 115 x 88 cm
‘G. van Elk ’85 / oranje Blanje Bleue / A/P III-XX’
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.341
Ger van Elk
Oranje, blanje, bleue, 1986
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.341
Portrait of Jonkheer Six, 1986
aluminum, oil paint, alkyd paint, color photograph, 215 x 132 cm
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inv./cat.nr. 2010.2.0312
Exh.: Art & Project, Amsterdam 1987; Ger van Elk: "Von der Natur des Genres / On the nature of genre", Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 6.8 - 18.9 1988
Lit.: Franz Kaiser, Ger van Elk: "Von der Natur des Genres / On the nature of genre", Düsseldorf 1988, p. 28; Marente Bloemheuvel, Zsa-Zsa Eyck (samenst. en red.), Ger van Elk, Deventer 2009, p. 210
Ger van Elk
Portret van Jonkheer Six, 1986
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inv./cat.nr. 2010.2.0312
Study for Honda Gothic, 1986
photography, alkyd paint, 167.5 x 111 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.327
Exh.: Art & Project, KunstRai, Amsterdam 1987
Ger van Elk
Study for Honda Gothic, 1986
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.327
Honda Gothic, 1986
paint, collage (technique), color photograph, 196 x 113 cm
verso: 'G. van Elk 1986 / Honda Gothic
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KMM 133.307
Exh.: Art & Project, KunstRai, Amsterdam 1987; Ger van Elk: "Von der Natur des Genres / On the nature of genre", Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 6.8 - 18.9 1988: Art & Project at Art Basel, Basel 14.6 - 18.6 1989
Lit.: Franz Kaiser, Ger van Elk: "Von der Natur des Genres / On the nature of genre", Düsseldorf 1988, p. 22; Marente Bloemheuvel, Zsa-Zsa Eyck (samenst. en red.), Ger van Elk, Deventer 2009, p. 209
Ger van Elk
Honda Gothic, 1986
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KMM 133.307
Study for Counter Kalf I, 1988-1989
alkyd paint, color photograph, 123.3 x 124 x 3 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.342
Exh.: Uit Depot: Ruimtelijk werk in bezit van Art & Project, Rijksmuseum Twenthe 10.4 - 6.6. 1999; Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Ger van Elk
Studie voor Counter Kalf I, 1988-1989
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.342
Counter Kalf, 1991
screenprint, composition (irreg.): 78 x 70.5 cm; sheet: 115 x 90 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, inv. 1010.2007
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.343
Lit.: Cherix/Liese 2009, p. 137
Ger van Elk
Counter kalf, 1991
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.343
Paal 120, Durgerdam, 1991
screenprint, composition (irreg.): 93 x 67 cm; sheet: 115 x 90 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, inv. 1011.2007
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.344
Lit.: Cherix/Liese 2009, p. 134
Ger van Elk
Paal 120, Durgerdam, 1991
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.344
Pale London Blue, 1991
screenprint, composition: 89 x 69.2 cm; sheet: 115 x 90 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, inv. 1012.2007
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.345
Lit.: Cherix/Liese 2009, p. 137
Ger van Elk
Pale London Blue, 1991
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.345
Western Stylemasters, 1991
screenprint, composition: 80 x 50 cm; sheet: 115 x 90.2 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, inv. 1013.2007
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.348
Lit.: Cherix/Liese 2009, p. 137
Ger van Elk
Western Stylemasters, 1991
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.348
Parliament of the mind, 1992
oil paint, alkyd paint, wood, steel, linen, 90 x 135 x 296 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.329
Exh.: Uit Depot: Ruimtelijk werk in bezit van Art & Project, Rijksmuseum Twenthe 10.4 - 6.6 1999; Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 18.2 - 27.8 2017
Ger van Elk
Parliament of the mind, 1992
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.329
Pressure portrait (Self painted), 1992
alkyd paint, wood, oil paint, steel, 175 x 175 x 100 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KMM 133.308
Exh.: Uit Depot: Ruimtelijk werk in bezit van Art & Project, Rijksmuseum Twenthe 10.4 - 6.6 1999
Lit.: Marente Bloemheuvel, Zsa-Zsa Eyck (samenst. en red.), Ger van Elk, Deventer 2009, p. 94-95
Ger van Elk
Pressure portrait (Self painted), 1992
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KMM 133.308
Green blood, 1993
screen print 105 x 72 cm
’85/100 Ger van Elk ’93 Green Blood’
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM 133.346
Ger van Elk
Green Blood, 1993
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.346
Schets voor de 'Tombe', 1994
photography, gouache (material/technique), mixed media, 38.8 x 49.2 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.330
verso: in handwriting Ger van Elk: 'foor [sic] Geert en Adriaan t.g.v. een zeer lange periode van liefde voor kunst + kunstenaar van Ger van Elk'; 'voor de zeer lange tijden van samenwerking, strijd, gewoel, liefde + sukses Ger'
Ger van Elk
Schets voor de 'Tombe', 1994
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, inv./cat.nr. KM-133.330