Jan Toeter - 'History Of Korsou'

A series of 15 scenes depicting (for me) important events in the past of the Island Curacao Een serie van 15 etsen met (voor mij) belangrijke gebeurtenissen op Curacao

 
dated 2006, react to the artist (click on an image to enlarge an artwork)

They came first / Zij kwamen het eerst 2006		All those who came for the first time over water to see the virgin Korsou / Al degenen die het eerst over zee kwamen om de maagd Korsou te zien #1 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Dry point on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm. Printed 6 E.A. prints numbered I to VI Available #I and #III to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
little they left / en lieten weinig achter 2006		They left there signes on the rocks to ask us to be prudend with this island / Lieten hun tekens achter en maanden ons voorzichtig te zijn met dit eiland #2 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Dry point on copper Paper 32x47 Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I and #III to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
For power they came / zij kwamen voor de macht 2006		The board of the WIC decided over the islands / Het bestuur van de WIC beschikte over de eilanden #3 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Drypoint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm. Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I to #III to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
They came to stay / Zij kwamen om te blijven 2006		Jewish settlers / Joodse kolonisten #4 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Drypoint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm. Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I and #III to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
They were bought / Zij werden gekocht 2006		Families were torn apart by Dutch slave traders / Families werden gescheiden door de Hollandse slavenhandelaren #5 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Drypoint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I - #III to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
for the hard labor / voor het harde werk 2006		They made walls in the salina's / zij maakten muurtjes in de salina's #6 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm. Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #1 to be sold separatly #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
You could flee / Je kon vluchten 2006		Based on the myth that taking some salt made you fly home / Met wat zout kon je naar huis terugvliegen #7 in series of 15 scenes Combined Etching-Aquatint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm. Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
Uprise / Opstand 2006		Past the hated object of the slave bell / Langs de gehate slavenbel #8 in series of 15 Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Drypoint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm. Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I and #II to be sold separately / #III - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
The end is the same / Het eind is hetzelfde 2006		Fallen or slain the result is this / Gevallen of terechtgesteld het eind is hetzelfde #9 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Drypoint Paper 32 x 47 cm. Printed 6 E.A. prints each mumbered I to VI Available #II to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
Little changed Er veranderde weinig 2006		Free'd from slavery but the hard labor didn't change for long / Bevrijd van slavernij veranderde er niet veel #10 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Drypoint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I and #II to be sold searately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text.
The church came / Een kerk kwam 2006		to late but helped a lot / te laat maar hielp veel #11 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Drypoint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I -#III to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
A Leader / Een leider 2006		He became the first peoples leader, all hope was on his site / Hij werd de eerste volksleider #12 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Drypoint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I and #III to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
Mai / Mei1969 2006		An uprise no one thought possible / Een opstand die niemand had verwacht #13 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Scaper/polisher and Drypoint on copper Paper 32 x 47 cm Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I - # III to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
Our own choice / Onze eigen keus 2006		The carnaval of free elextions / Het karnaval van vrije verkiezingen #14 in series of 15 scenes Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint Paper 32 x 47 cm Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I and #III to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text
Dutch help / Hollands hulp 2006		The perpetuem mobile of build-up and destruction / Over de herhaling van opbouw en afbraak #15 in series of 15 Combined technique of Etching-Aquatint-Drypoint Paper 32 x 47 cm Printed 6 E.A. prints each numbered I to VI Available #I to be sold separately / #V - VI in complete series of 15 in box with text