Guus Hellegers - Bronze medal | Association for Medal Art | 'Le Couple' | 1974 - Sold
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- Description
- Guus Hellegers (1937)
| Type of artwork | Sculpture / Object |
| Year | 1976 |
| Technique | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 7 x 7 x 1.5 cm (h x w x d) |
| Signed | Hand signed |
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Beautiful medal by Guus Hellegers, issued in 1976 by VPK (Association for Medal Art).
The whole is in neat condition. The first two photos are of the medal in question. The last two photos come from the VPK site, for a good impression of the medal.
Hellegers has always regretted that he did not come into contact with tokens at the Hague Academy, where he studied from 1959 to 1964. In his penultimate year of study, 1963, the FIDEm exhibition was in The Hague and he returned from it transported. Why had he never learned or even heard of that branch of sculpture? The Board, responding to the current situation in the Netherlands at the time, asked Hellegers to design a medal with the nudist beach theme. Hellegers varied and played with the traditional surface of the medal; his variant arose from working on and in plane. There was a concave and convex side. It became a formal theme for him. The convex, outward side gives the idea of openness and freedom, fitting for the three children in this carefree situation; playing between the mobility of sand, wind and water. The concave side, separated by a windbreak, depicts a mother and a grandmother, sitting obediently on their beach chair. They're not that naked. When the design was released, the sculptor explained: 'On the convex side the eternal play of sun, sand and sea; children lose themselves in building forts that are lost in advance. In the - offering protection - hollow side a mother and grandmother. They knit the naked summer heat into a winter cover. (source website VPK)
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| Condition | Very good | ||||||||||
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| Pick up | The work can be picked up on location. As a buyer you must bring your own packaging materials. The location is: Woudrichem, The Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Shipment | Parcel post | ||||||||||
| Price | Up to 5 kg.
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