Puzzle sculpture 'Portrait of Michele'
Miguel Berrocal (Algaidas/Andalusien 1933 - Antequera/Spanien 2006)
Lot-No. 229
1969. Nickel plated, base wood. Sculpture consisting of 18 parts, the eye forms the setting for a ring. Numbered copy 02330/10000. Sign. and numbered. Worn. Head h. 7 cm, base h. 3 cm. - Spanish sculptor. B. began studying architecture in Madrid in 1949 but also painting a. sculpting. After meeting Giacometti a. Chillida in Paris he definitely turned to sculpture. Since the late 1950s he began creating the typical dismountable figures. He exhibited among others at the Documenta 1964 a. received many awards. In 1966 he was lecturerer at the Hamburg Hochschule für Bildende Künste.
Miguel Berrocal: Puzzle sculpture 'Portrait of Michele'
Miguel Berrocal (Algaidas/Andalusien 1933 - Antequera/Spanien 2006)
Puzzle sculpture 'Portrait of Michele'
Lot-No. 229
1969. Nickel plated, base wood. Sculpture consisting of 18 parts, the eye forms the setting for a ring. Numbered copy 02330/10000. Sign. and numbered. Worn. Head h. 7 cm, base h. 3 cm. - Spanish sculptor. B. began studying architecture in Madrid in 1949 but also painting a. sculpting. After meeting Giacometti a. Chillida in Paris he definitely turned to sculpture. Since the late 1950s he began creating the typical dismountable figures. He exhibited among others at the Documenta 1964 a. received many awards. In 1966 he was lecturerer at the Hamburg Hochschule für Bildende Künste.