Kees Verkade - Waking up - Sold
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- Kees Verkade (1941-2020)
| Type of artwork | Sculpture / Object |
| Year | 1980 |
| Technique | Bronze |
| Subject | Nude |
| Framed | Not framed |
| Dimensions | 20 x 70 x 50 cm (h x w x d) |
| Signed | Hand signed |
| Edition | 1 |
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This is a bronze nude by the famous Dutch sculptor Korstiaan (Kees) Verkade (1941-1920). It is a unique large-format example. There are a few smaller statues by him that served as studies. This statue is hand-signed in the 'base' of the statue and dated 1980.
Kees Verkade studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague from 1958 to 1963. Thanks to his first exhibition, he sold two works to the Frans Hals Museum. Since then, he had his studio in Zandvoort. Later, he also made his international breakthrough, especially in France and Monaco, where he had lived and worked since the end of the seventies and maintained good contacts with the court.
Some well-known images by Kees Verkade:
- In Monaco, in front of the Princely Palace, there is a statue of a monk with a sword under his robe
- In Amsterdam there is a bust in memory of the famous writer Simon Carmiggelt
- One of his most famous statues is located in Groningen: Cycling Lesson
- A resistance monument of him was unveiled in Zandvoort in 2003
- In the garden of Soestdijk Palace there is a statue of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard
- There is a war memorial by him in Hardenberg
- On the Boulevard in Noordwijk a statue of Queen Wilhelmina
- Louis Couperus on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague
- Anton Pieck in Overveen
- Frits Philips in Eindhoven
Kees Verkade studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague from 1958 to 1963. Thanks to his first exhibition, he sold two works to the Frans Hals Museum. Since then, he had his studio in Zandvoort. Later, he also made his international breakthrough, especially in France and Monaco, where he had lived and worked since the end of the seventies and maintained good contacts with the court.
Some well-known images by Kees Verkade:
- In Monaco, in front of the Princely Palace, there is a statue of a monk with a sword under his robe
- In Amsterdam there is a bust in memory of the famous writer Simon Carmiggelt
- One of his most famous statues is located in Groningen: Cycling Lesson
- A resistance monument of him was unveiled in Zandvoort in 2003
- In the garden of Soestdijk Palace there is a statue of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard
- There is a war memorial by him in Hardenberg
- On the Boulevard in Noordwijk a statue of Queen Wilhelmina
- Louis Couperus on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague
- Anton Pieck in Overveen
- Frits Philips in Eindhoven
| Condition | |
| Condition | Very good |
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