Doos horend bij een bronzen penning 1950 - 1990

Jaap Gutterswijk made this box, or ‘Doos horend bij een bronzen penning’ in Dutch, probably to house one of his bronze medals. The material has a kind of subtle blackness and texture, like tooled leather maybe. It's all about this kind of haptic, tactile quality. I’m wondering about the hand that made it. It feels like a caring hand, one that wants to present something precious. There’s a certain elegance in its simplicity, like a minimalist sculpture. The layers give it depth, each line creating a subtle shadow. It’s like a solid block, but the slight curve on the top gives it a bit of softness. Thinking about other artists, maybe someone like Agnes Martin, who also found beauty in the subtle details of everyday objects. Or even Eva Hesse, in the way she transformed mundane materials into something profound.