Lot 72: Han Wezelaar (Dutch, 1901-1984)

Female torso
signed and dated 'Wezelaar 1934' (on the edge)
terracotta
95 cm. high
Conceived in 1934 and cast in an edition of two, plus three bronze casts

Compare with the model in: J. Teeuwisse, Han Wezelaar statuaire, Zwolle 2003, p. 57 (ill.).
J. Teeuwisse, Han Wezelaar statuaire, Zwolle 2003, p. 238, no. 51. V.P.S. Esser and K.G. Boon, Wezelaar, een overzicht van zijn beelden, portretten en tekeningen, Venlo 1980, p. 38 (another cast ill.).

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