11. Butterflies

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11. Butterflies

George Apostu

1934, Stănişeşti, Bacău - 1986, Paris

Estimate:

EUR 8.000 - 12.000

Sold

EUR 9.000

References

Oroveanu, Mihai, "George Apostu. Sculptura şi sensul primordialului", Ed. Noi Media Print

wood, 1. 260x 51x 51 cm; 2. 230 x 57x 57 cm

Research information

The painting was included in the Romanian Pavilion exhibition at the 38th edition of the Venice Biennale, 1980.

Wood is primeval, bearing ancestral meaning, thus the lot of the sculptor is that of capturing the turmoil of the world in this straightforward material. It is in this iconic equation that we find one of the most comprehensive cycles of the artist George Apostu, "Butterflies". This work, part of this cycle, suggests the inner sap of the wood he used. A vertical shaping, simple and sublime, forging energies. (I.C.) Individual exhibitions (selection): 1967 Raymonde Cazenave Gallery, Paris, France 1970 Palace of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium 1971 Taidehall Museum, Helsinki, Finland Group exhibitions (selection): 1969 Panorama Mesdag Gallery, The Hague 1970 35th edition of the Venice Biennale, Italy 3rd international small sculpture exhibition, Madrid, Spain 1971 First Small Sculpture Biennale, Budapest, Hungary 1976 38th edition of the Venice Biennale, Italy

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