Three Windmills - Zaandam

 

John C. Vondrous

  1884 - 1970 (biography)

1923  

etching 

9 5/16 x 14 1/8" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

52 of 100  

pencil dated and editioned; pencil inscribed "1st state" in lower center margin; incised with the artist's name and the year 

 

antique-white laid 

1st state 

artist 

21923 

$250.00 

This is likely a view of the riverside neighborhood of Zaanse Schans, in Zaandam, Holland. It was a central port during the Industrial Revolution up through the early 20th century, but its roots in international trade extend to the 16th century. By the mid 1600s, up to 900 windmills coud be found along the river Zaan. It is currently a major historic district, housing eight of its original windmills, whose uses once ranged from dye production to paper milling.