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Pieter d' Hont bronze statue The pub owner Uncle Willem
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A bronze statue by Pieter d'Hont (1917-1997), entitled 'The pub owner'.
Uncle Willem
'Uncle Willem' liked a drink. His business was also like that. As a pub owner, he would certainly take a cigar from his own box several times a day or let himself be entertained by his customers. 'Willem, pour another and have one yourself,' someone would shout. But everyone knew that you shouldn't offer him a drink when he had already reached his limit. Five drinks a day was the standard that the pub owner's wife had imposed on him. She kept a close eye on this code of conduct. From her wheelchair, which was placed in the darkest corner of the pub, invisible to the customers, she had an unobstructed view of the bar. But her husband was a connoisseur and not to be deterred. But when customers let him share in the banquet, Willem carefully walked to the regular table with the gin bottle, took a shot glass from his pocket and poured himself a drink, out of sight of his wife. This anecdote is not from the collection Kroeglopen by Simon Carmiggelt, but an experience that Pieter d'Hont himself witnessed.
See the photo from the book for the complete story behind this statue by Pieter d'Hont and Simon Carmiggelt.
Carmiggelt must certainly have recognized the clear symbolism - jug in hand and shot glass to lips - in the statue, a symbolism that is also so characteristic of his narrative oeuvre.
Source The book ; Pieter d'Hont - life and work
Auteur: Jan Teeuwisse, T. Slagter, Mirjam Beerman.
This book is of course supplied with the statue.
