{"id":1320,"date":"2026-07-25T13:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:40:27","slug":"a-rich-vein-of-lucebert-publications-at-ftn-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/?p=1320","title":{"rendered":"A rich vein of Lucebert publications at FTN books"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-07-25-om-15.32.09.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1321\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.1528188022950867;width:548px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Rich Vein of Lucebert at FTN Books<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you collect Dutch post-war art or poetry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftn-books.com\">FTN Books<\/a> is worth a long browse \u2014 the Oegstgeest-based dealer in rare art books, museum catalogs, and design publications has amassed a genuinely deep collection devoted to <strong>Lucebert<\/strong> (Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk, 1924\u20131994), the painter-poet who helped define the COBRA movement and the Dutch &#8220;Vijftigers&#8221; poets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The listings span decades and formats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gallery and museum catalogs<\/strong>, including a rare 1959 Stedelijk Museum booklet, <em>Beelden in het Heden<\/em>, with silkscreened pages and design by Wim Crouwel and text by Lucebert himself, plus catalogs from galerie espace, galerie Nouvelles Images, Galeria Juana Mordo, and Metis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Posters<\/strong>, among them a scarce 1969 Stedelijk exhibition poster (also Crouwel-designed) and a 1981 Leuven exhibition poster.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Books and portfolios of his own writing and art<\/strong>, such as <em>Namiddag van een Faun<\/em>, <em>Van de Roerloze Woelgeest<\/em>, and the numbered <em>8 Brieven<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Collaborative and tribute works<\/strong>, like <em>Hommage aan Lucebert<\/em>, <em>Beeren over Lucebert<\/em>, and volumes pairing him with fellow poets and artists such as Karel Appel, Bert Schierbeek, and Jan Sierhuis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ephemera<\/strong>, from gallery invitations to a leporello-format exhibition piece from 1965.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conditions range from &#8220;fair&#8221; to &#8220;mint,&#8221; and prices vary accordingly, with some rarer items \u2014 like the early Crouwel-designed Stedelijk booklet \u2014 priced as standout pieces in the collection. Altogether it&#8217;s one of the more comprehensive online troves of Lucebert material, spanning his poetry, his painting, and the design world (Crouwel, Sandberg) that shaped how his work was presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Just a little extra promotion for FTN books;-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> here is the latest addition to the large Lucebert inventory. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftn-books.com\">www.ftn-books.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lucebert-perez-778x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lucebert-perez-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lucebert-perez-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lucebert-perez-768x1011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lucebert-perez-1167x1536.jpg 1167w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lucebert-perez-1556x2048.jpg 1556w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lucebert-perez.jpg 1858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Rich Vein of Lucebert at FTN Books If you collect Dutch post-war art or poetry, FTN Books is worth a long browse \u2014 the Oegstgeest-based dealer in rare art books, museum catalogs, and design publications has amassed a genuinely deep collection devoted to Lucebert (Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk, 1924\u20131994), the painter-poet who helped define the &#8230; <a title=\"A rich vein of Lucebert publications at FTN books\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/?p=1320\" aria-label=\"Read more about A rich vein of Lucebert publications at FTN books\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions\/1323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}