Dutch Landscape 27

I found 18 books in the Netherlands. They had nothing to do with one another.
I took them apart, sheet by sheet.
On these sheets I printed a book of 18 pages. Page 1 always comes from the first book, page 2 from the second, and so on up to page 18.
The first copy is made of the first sheet of each book. The second copy, of the second sheet. And so on, up to copy 69.
No two copies are the same.
Each page holds a drawing made with 18 lines. Each drawing is a fragment of a Dutch landscape, seen only page by page.
A landscape you cannot see, but that exists.

Published by This was a project but we have forgotten what it was, 2025.
Shown in Dutch Landscape 26 & 27, solo show at ESAM Caen-Cherbourg, Caen, France. 6–28 November 2025.

Dutch landscape 27 Jose quintanar
Dutch landscape 27 Jose quintanar
Dutch landscape 27 Jose quintanar
Dutch landscape 27 Jose quintanar

The 18 books:

  1. IJksenaar, Pieter Jan. Amsterdam: Verleden 1275–1900, Heden 1900–1950, Toekomst 1950–2000. Amsterdam: H. J. Becht, 1951.

  2. Borkovský, Ivan. Svatojiřská bazilika a klášter na Pražském hradě. Praha: Academia, 1975.

  3. De Groot, Pieter (ed.). Herman Besselaar: Molens van Nederland. Amsterdam, 1974.

  4. Van de Wiel, Bert (ed.). Dommelen: ’t is mer dè ge’t weet. Hapert: Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven, 1980.

  5. Pola, Alexander, and Rob de Wind. Wad nu … wat later? De Nederlandse Wadden. Den Haag: Zuidgroep, ca. 1978.

  6. Berendsen, Anne. Elseviers tegelboek. Amsterdam/Brussel: Elsevier, 1965.

  7. Coeckelbergh, C., et al. Vogels in Klein-Brabant. Mechelen: Natuurpunt Studie, 2003.

  8. Mortier, P. Atlas Maritime. Wuppertal: W. Schwarze, 1977.

  9. South African Railways. Railway Time-Table / Spoorwegtydtafel No. 168. Johannesburg: South African Railways, 1970.

  10. Visser, Elisabeth. Antieke cultuur in beeld. Bussum: Van Dishoeck, 1942.

  11. Weitmann, Julius, and Dieter Korp. Die Alte Garde: Sport- und Rennwagen von damals. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1966.

  12. De Boer, A. A. Uurwerken. Haarlem: De Haan, 1980.

  13. Wilsens, Steven, and Jean Daulnoye. Kastelen in Brabant / Châteaux du Brabant. Hasselt: Concentra, 1971.

  14. Dooijes, Dick, and Pieter Brattinga. A History of the Dutch Poster, 1890–1960. Amsterdam: Scheltema & Holkema, 1968.

  15. Albers, L. J. P. Tussen strand en waterland. Deventer: Kluwer, 1981.

  16. Bick, H., and A. W. J. van Schaik. Oecologische visie Randmeren. Utrecht: Natuurbeschermingsraad, 1980.

  17. Kuhn, Pieter. De avonturen van Kapitein Rob 8. Haarlem: De Vrijheid, 1996.

  18. Van der Weel, Heleen. Alle klokken luiden: over carillons en klokkenspelen. Amsterdam: Kruseman, 1979.