Lynden~Pauline van – ‘A Resistible Force When Man Meets the Sea

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Author: Pauline van Lynden
Publisher: Stichting Visual Legacy, Doorn
Year: 2007
ISBN: ISBN 978-90-811850-3-5 

Special edition with slipcase  Hardcover, 290 pages, English, 25,8 x 19,9 x 2,8 cm
Condition: mint

Book in slipcase signed and numbered (58/1250) with separate color photo 17 x 23 cm in paper cover.

Long lines of black palisades mark the south-western beaches of the Netherlands. Rediscovering the wooden breakwaters she had known since childhood, Pauline van Lynden began by drawing and photographing them and ended up exploring ‘what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object’ and a culture marked by its relationship to the sea. Gathering a wealth of documents from private and public collections, and illustrating these with her own artwork, Van Lynden tells a personal story of discovery through the history of an ancient system of coastal protection and its role in both our cultural heritage and our increasing concern to find a balance between man and the sea. 

Winner of the Zeeland Book Prize 2008

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