A TERRACCOTTA MASK, by Adrianus Remiëns, modelled as a stylized head with curly hair (chip to chin, minor cracks below cheeks), apparently unmarked, set with metal suspension bracket

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A TERRACCOTTA MASK, by Adrianus Remiëns, modelled as a stylized head with curly hair (chip to chin, minor cracks below cheeks), apparently unmarked, set with metal suspension bracket
29.9cm. long

Lot Essay

cf. A.M. de Jong, De Beeldhouwer Adrianus Remiëns, Amsterdam, 1929, p. 48, for an illustration of a sculpture for a building by H.P. Berlage on the Mercatorplein, Amsterdam; p. 51 for an illustration of a sandstone sculpture for a building by J.F. Staal on the Copernicusstraat, Amsterdam

We are grateful to Frans van Burkom for his help in cataloguing this lot

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