“This afternoon I just finished a print which I started Monday. We got a revolving door here in the post office [in the city Groningen] and that's such a nice thing to use.”

— Hendrik Werkman

version in original Dutch (origineel citaat van Hendrik Werkman, in het Nederlands): Vanmiddag heb ik nog een druksel afgemaakt dat ik Maandag al begonnen was. We hebben hier in 't postkantoor een draaideur gekregen en dat is zoo'n mooi ding om te gebruiken.
Quote of Werkman in his letter to August Henkels, 15 Oct. 1941; as cited in H. N. Werkman - Leven & Werk - 1882-1945, ed. A. de Vries, J. van der Spek, D. Sijens, M. Jansen; WBooks, Groninger Museum / Stichting Werkman, 2015 (transl: Fons Heijnsbroek), p. 178
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version in original Dutch (origineel citaat van Hendrik Werkman, in het Nederlands): Ik heb hier zoveel drukken gecomponeerd uit de onmiddellijke omgeving om mij heen, beginnende met de schoorstenen en de duiven en de voorbijvarende schepen, het trappenhuis, het doolhof van gangen en deuren, de gekke combinaties van balken en beschotten..
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