RIK VAN BENTUM (1936 - 1994)
Abstract composition
signed and dated ‘VAN BENTUM 65’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
50 x 60 cm
painted in 1965
Rik van Bentum was a Dutch sculptor, graphic artist, illustrator and painter. In 1963, he collaborated with cult novelist Jan Cremer on the comic strip 'New Comic Strip Scandal 2000' (1963), based on a sex scandal involving a minister.
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