Lot 51
  • 51

Wessel Couzijn

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
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Description

  • Wessel Couzijn
  • Afrika ontwaakt - Rising Africa
  • signed, stamped with foundry mark, inscribed Holland and dated '61
  • bronze
  • 299 by 130 by 131,5 cm.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Antwerp, Park Middelheim, 6e Biennale Middelheim, June - October 1961, exhibition of another cast
Seattle, Washington, World-Fair-Art since 1950, March - October 1962, exhibition of another cast
Lausanne, Musée des Beaux Arts, 1er Salon Internationale de Galpilotes, June - September 1963, exhibition of another cast

Literature

I. Boelema, A. Overbeek, Couzijn, beeldhouwer sculptor, Amsterdam 1986, pp. 74,75,96, no.B74, illustration of another cast

Condition

Overall in very good condition apart from some natural ageing.
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Catalogue Note

This work has been executed in an edition of three plus one extra,  
currently in the collections of Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Technische Hogeschool, Eindhoven and with the family.

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