Lot 519: Han Wezelaar (Dutch, 1901-1984)

De Verliefden - The Lovers
signed with initials 'H.W.' (on the reverse lower edge)
terracotta
33 x 18.5 cm.
Conceived in 1932 in an edition of 2.

Amsterdam, Parkhotel, Tweede groepstentoonstelling onder auspicieën van het Nederlandsch Kunstenaarscentrum, 9 December 1933-27 January 1934
The Hague, Kunstzalen D'Audretsch, Tentoonstelling van beeldhouwwerken door H.W. Wezelaar, 9-26 October 1935
Amsterdam, Santee Landweer, Tentoonstelling beeldhouwwerken door H. Wezelaar, 9-28 November 1935, cat.no. 11
Groningen, Kunstlievend Genootschap Pictura, Tentoonstelling W.W.W, 1-36 October 1936, cat.no 11
Laren, Kunstzaal Hamdorff, Tentoonstelling beeldhouwwerken H.M. Wezelaar, 11 October-2 November 1941, cat.no. 22

J. Teeuwisse, Han Wezelaar Statuaire, Zwolle 2003, p. 66 (another cast ill.) and p. 236/237, no. 47 (another cast ill.)

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