Lot 139: George Grard (1901-1984)

George Grard (1901-1984)
La Grande Africaine: The large African Woman
signed, numbered and with foundry mark 'G. Grard/epr. art I/II Gieterij Pakeshof' (on top of the base)
bronze with a black patina
180 cm. high
Conceived in 1957-58 and cast in an edition of five and two artist's proofs.

M. van Jole, M.A. Gheeraert, George Grard, Brugge 1995, cat.no. 136, pp. 110-111, 238 (ill. of another cast).

VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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The present lot in an enlarged version of 'Anasthasie' from 1957 (see: Van Jole, cat.no. 135), which was commissioned for the Congolese Pavillion of the World Expo in Brussels in 1958. The sitter is Anasthasie Kosoagna.