[Architecture] Blok, G.A.C. (1903-72). Archive of the Dutch architect Gerard Adriaan Cornelis Blok

Incl. photo albums, drawings (some made in Camp Duindorp, where Blok was interned in 1945 because of his NSB membership), publications, typescript/ stenciled/ manuscript reports, letters, greeting cards, etc. Camp Duindorp was actually a residential area that needed to be restored, so it is only logical that Blok and other interned engineers were assigned to the job. Comprises a.o.: (1) Photo album containing 28 mounted photogr. of the exterior and interior of Indonesian Restaurant Garuda (or Garoeda at the time), located at the corner of Kneuterdijk/ Heulstraat in The Hague (incl. a few photogr. of the former location), the photos measuring mainly 17 x 23, cord-bound artificial leather, obl. folio. The restaurant opened its doors in 1949. (2) Similar album containing 18 mounted photogr. of the exterior and interior of Nachtegaallaan 20 in The Hague, for which Blok designed a large expansion, var. sizes, w. captions incl. Blok's name, dated 1941 in pen, also containing floor plans, orig. artificial leather, obl. folio. Contents loose. W. label of Technisch Fotobureau Voorburg on inside front cover. (3) Self-portrait (?). Drawing in black chalk, 17 x 10 cm. Vague folds and sm. tear. The same can be seen on one of the smaller photogr. in the preceding album. (4) 'Portrait of a man with hat'. Drawing in black chalk, 21.5 x 14 cm, signed and dated "10-10-1945 Duindorp" and verso w. annotation: "Dirk van Es gepensioneerd sergeant b/d marechausée in Indië no. 2911. Blijft mijn eigendom. Blok." (5-9) Five sm. greeting cards by/ for Blok made during his internment. (10-11) Two publications by Blok on P. Post (in German, 1937) and on the restoration of Korte Vijverberg 3 in The Hague (1944-45). The typescript and handwritten documents in the lot, mainly dating from just after the war, are kept in a portfolio titled "Jurisprudentie van de Commissie voor de Perszuivering", but also comprise (copies of) letters addressed to Mussert by M. d'Ansembourg and A. Toepfer.