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Wessel Couzijn (1912 - 1984)
"tobias"
bronze on natural stone pedestal
year: 1951
hand signed mo
hxwxd: 30 x 33 x 15 cm. (ex. pedestal), weighs incl. pedestal more than 13 kg.
edition: 7 copies. (cf. Christie's, May 9, 1992)
lit.: Public art property, Couzijn, sculptor, sculptor, Amsterdam, 1986, cat.no. B.34b, p. 89 and p. 22 (shown terracotta version of this sculpture)
good state
provenance: collection of the artist Pierre van Soest
striking sculpture by the expressionist sculptor Wessel Couzijn. Made his international breakthrough at the Venice Biennale. Member of the Dutch Circle of Sculptors and Ateliers '63. Teacher of, among others, Nic Jonk. Works in the collection of the: Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam; and many works in public space, including the iconic sculpture Embodied Unit for the Unilever building