In the back of the sculpture there is a date inscribed on the object (9-5-89). The sculpture was propably a gift to Maarten for his 83rd birthday and was derived from a thank you card on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
'With many thanks for the listening which you also added to the celebration of my 80th birthday', Martin (Maarten) van Bommel, May 9, 1989.
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