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Puzzle-sculpture 'Mini-Cariatide'

Miguel Berrocal (Algaidas/Andalusien 1933 - Antequera/Spanien 2006)


Puzzle-sculpture 'Mini-Cariatide'

Lot-No. 228


1969. Nickel plated, base metal. Sculpture consisting of 26 parts, the 'mons pubis' forms the setting for a ring. Numbered copy 931/10000. At the bottom sign. and numbered. Figur h. 13,5 cm, base h. 1,5 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.

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Miguel Berrocal: Puzzle-sculpture 'Mini-Cariatide'


Miguel Berrocal (Algaidas/Andalusien 1933 - Antequera/Spanien 2006)

Puzzle-sculpture 'Mini-Cariatide'

Lot-No. 228

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1969. Nickel plated, base metal. Sculpture consisting of 26 parts, the 'mons pubis' forms the setting for a ring. Numbered copy 931/10000. At the bottom sign. and numbered. Figur h. 13,5 cm, base h. 1,5 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.

Puzzle-sculpture 'Mini-Cariatide'
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