The monument is a design of Eric Claus. It's a metal framwork with two open panels of 4.20 meters height, in which a brons portret of Drees at age 60. In the walkway at a few meters distance a red dot symbolises Drees social ideals.
First erection was at July 5, 1988 at the Groenmarkt. Renovations of the square led to the re-location.

