Lot Essay
Fedja is a character in a play by Leo Tolstoi.
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Fedja's biecht
Details
Han Wezelaar (Dutch, 1901-1984)
Fedja's biecht
signed and numbered 'Wezelaar 3/8' (on the bronze base)
bronze with black patina
32 x 34 cm.
Conceived in 1981 and cast in an edition of 8.
Fedja's biecht
signed and numbered 'Wezelaar 3/8' (on the bronze base)
bronze with black patina
32 x 34 cm.
Conceived in 1981 and cast in an edition of 8.
Literature
W. Vanbeselaere, 'Han Wezelaar, "Fedja's Biecht" (1981)' in: Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten-Antwerpen, 1983.
J. Teeuwisse, Han Wezelaar Statuaire, Zwolle 2003, p. 272/273, no. 246 (another cast ill.)
J. Teeuwisse, Han Wezelaar Statuaire, Zwolle 2003, p. 272/273, no. 246 (another cast ill.)
Exhibited
Krefeld-Gartenstadt, Leoflux Musterraum Krefeld, 8 Realisten aus den Niederlanden (another cast)
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