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HEAVY VINTAGE 1972 POLISHED STONE SCULPTURE (POSSIBLY VERDITE) - BUST OF YOUNG TRANQUIL WOMAN - SIGNED
A MAGNIFICENT AND PROMINENT STONE SCULPTURE IN THE STYLE OF RODIN, WHICH DEPICTS THE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN POSSIBLY CARVED FROM A FORM OF GREEN VERDITE STONE. THE WOMEN'S FACIAL EXPRESSION HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ARTISTICALLY PORTRAYED WITH CALM SERENITY AND TRANQUILITY. HER EYES ARE CLOSED AND HER LONG HAIR RESTS CASUALLY DRAPED ACROSS HER BARE RIGHT SHOULDER AS WELL AS TO THE BACK OF HER LEFT.
THE BUST IS MOUNTED UPON A SOLID WOOD BLOCK PLINTH WHICH ITSELF HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY LAYERED IN BLACK POLISHED STONE STRIPS. THE BASE OF THE PLINTH IS LAYERED IN BLACK BAIZE.
THIS BUST / SCULPTURE IS SIGNED AT THE BACK DIRECTLY BENEATH THE WOMAN'S HAIR AND ALTHOUGH DIFFICULT TO READ, THE SCULPTORS SURNAME APPEARS TO BE "SAAIMAN" BUT COULD ALSO BE "SACKMAN" THE YEAR HOWEVER IS 1972
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC : SIMILAR ITEMS
https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/21273693-a-bust-of-a-young-woman-in-the-manner-of-rodin-bronze
http://www.artparks.co.uk/artpark_sculptures.php?sculpture_section=95&category=stylised_heads_busts_sculptures
CONDITION : THE SCULPTURE AND PLINTH ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : 29.5cm HEIGHT.....15cm by 12.5cm SIDES OF PLINTH.....17cm FRONT TO BACK
WEIGHT : Approx 4kgs
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