VICTOR DE HAEN | NUDE ON A SEA TURTLE
Auction Closed
July 10, 03:03 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
VICTOR DE HAEN
Belgian
1866-1934
NUDE ON A SEA TURTLE
signed and dated: V. de Haen / 1912 and inscribed: ex. uni:
white marble
58 by 44cm., 22⅞ by 17¼in.
P. Verbraeken, Living Marble: Belgian Sculptors 1800-1930, Brussels, 2017, pp. 28-29
The son of a sculptor, Victor de Haen was awarded the coveted First Prix de Rome in 1894. His multifaceted oeuvre includes monumental sculpture such as The Martyr (1898) in the Botanical Gardens in Brussels. This sensual nude seated on a turtle represents an unusual subject that epitomises the fantastical fin-de-siècle imagination.