PHILIP AKKERMAN (B. 1957)
(i) Philip Akkerman, schilderij 1990, nr. 17
(ii) Philip Akkerman, schilderij 2000, nr. 40
(iii) Philip Akkerman, schilderij 2006, nr. 113
(i) signed with the artist's initials and dated 'Pa 90' (lower right)
(ii) signed with the artist's initials and dated 'Phi 2000' (lower right)
(iii) signed with the artist's initials and dated 'Ph. 2006' (lower right)
(i) tempera on masonite
(ii-iii) oil on masonite
(i) 40 x 34cm.
(ii) 50 x 43cm.
(iii) 40 x 34cm.
(i) Painted in 1990
(ii) Painted in 2000
(iii) Painted in 2006

each: Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Brugge.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

(i) P. Akkerman, Philip Akkerman: 2314 Self-Portraits 1981-2005, Rotterdam 2006 (illustrated, p. 119).
(ii) P. Akkerman, Philip Akkerman: 2314 Self-Portraits 1981-2005, Rotterdam 2006 (illustrated, p. 441).

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Since March 1981, Philip Akkerman paints almost exclusively self-portraits. According to the artist: "I paint (...) only myself, but in doing that, at the same time, I paint all people in all times. (...) By concentrating to an extreme degree on something very simple and very minute, I come across elements which reach far beyond merely the minute." (quoted in exh. cat. Negen, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam 1991, p. 43)