Lot 526: Han Wezelaar (Dutch, 1901-1984)

De verwondering
bronze with a dark brown patina
66 cm. high (incl. bronze base)
Conceived in 1959 and cast at a later date, this piece is unique.

W. Vanbeselaere, 'Han Wezelaar, een Nederlandse Beeldhouwer uit "De Generatie 1900"', in: Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten-Antwerpen, 1982, p.262/265
J. Teeuwisse, Han Wezelaar Statuaire, Zwolle 2003, p. 258/259, no. 160 (the plaster cast ill.)

The present lot is smaller version of the one in the ANWB building in The Hague, Van Alkemadelaan/Wassenaarse weg.

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