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A Danish green-patinated bronze figure of a young man entitled 'L'Enigme' or 'Les Ailes Brisées'
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A Danish green-patinated bronze figure of a young man entitled 'L'Enigme' or 'Les Ailes Brisées'

BY VIGGO JARL, CIRCA 1904

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A Danish green-patinated bronze figure of a young man entitled 'L'Enigme' or 'Les Ailes Brisées'
By Viggo Jarl, Circa 1904
Standing naked, clutching his fists, on a circular base, stamped to the top V.Jarl ; the bronze has a light green patina
64 in. (163 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Born in Copenhague in 1879, Viggo Hieronimus Jörgensen, better known as Viggo Jarl (d. 1965) was a pupil of Ségoffin. He won the celebrated Grand Prix de Rome and exhibited at the Paris Salon des Artistes Français. He was awarded a mention honorable in 1905. Many of his works are now in the Anneberg Collections as well as in Copenhague's Statens Museums For Kunst, such as a version of the present work. It is illustrated in Billedhuggeren, Viggo Jarl, 1879-1959, Host & Sons Forlag, Kobenhavn, 1959, Planche 3.

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