Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd ('Armando') (1929 Amsterdam - 2018 Potsdam) (F) 'Das Tier', 6 part portfolio, lithographs on Rives BFK, dated 1991, inscribed with the location 'Amsterdam', sheet size 57 cm x 76 cm, each signed, dated 91, numbered 12/25, portfolio with minor signs of wear, one sheet slightly cockled, includes 12 books and brochures relating to Armando's oeuvreThe Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd, alias Armando, first worked as a musician before taking up drawing during his studies as an art historian at Amsterdam University in 1949. He later turned to painting, and first poems followed in around 1950. Armando was closely acquainted with the artists of the Dutch and international Informel circles and the international ZERO movement. He took part in the documenta 7 in Kassel in 1982 and represented the Netherlands at the 41st Venice Biennale in 1984.