Tulpengold — 16 Postkarten

Tulip gold — 16 postcards

Marie Louise Schipper and Leo Erken

New release!

16 postcards
10,5 x 15 cm
with cover

ISBN (D) 978-3-937938-32-5
10,00 Euro





Series of postcards accompanying the book of the same title.
Tulip Gold (Tulpengoud) is a combined book, film documentary and exhibition project. It tells the story of three families from Noord Holland who grow and cultivate tulips. The lives of these families are disturbed when there is a sudden, very sharp, rise in the prices of new tulip varieties.
Tulips and the Dutch are inextricably bound to one another. They have been cultivated here for over four hundred years, for in this coastal climate the bulbs thrive best. Thousands of new bulb varieties have been created. Tulips are now being cultivated all over the world but Dutch expertise is nearly always required for a successful end result.
Brothers Arie and Jack Vriend successfully expanded the nursery which they took over from their father twelve years ago. In addition, there has recently been a thriving trade in new varieties. Tulips are being cultivated by hybridists such as Jan Ligthart and Ger Koomen. Jan Ligthart, together with his wife José and their six children are working towards a brighter future. Not so long ago they were nearly bankrupt, but better times are afoot. All of a sudden their tulips are in demand. Ger Koomen dreams of the perfect tulip which he is going to create and which will make him famous.
The prices for the new varieties keep going up and one could even speak of a speculative boom. Investors and growers, spurred on by the tulip fever, take very big risks. It is easy to make the comparison with the tulip mania of 1637.
These are turbulent times.

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