Lot 37, Oscar Han - Nude - Man Seated (Nud - bărbat șezând)* - A Century of Art - Romanian Masters - Auctions

Nude - Man Seated (Nud - bărbat șezând)*

Description

Executed in: 1934

Medium: bronze sculpture

Size: 39 x 35 x 15 cm

Signed and dated lower left: O. Han, 1934

Provenance

Private Collection, Romania

The artwork is part of Romania's national cultural heritage, being classified by Order no. 2019/19.01.2007 of the Minister of Culture as national treasure (Lucrarea este clasată în categoria Tezaur a Patrimoniului Național Cultural Mobil, prin ordinul ministrului culturii nr. 2019 din 19.01.2007)

Location

Bucharest, Romania

Estimate €11,000 - €15,000

Description

Oscar Han (b. 1891, Bucharest, Romania – d. 1976, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian sculptor and writer, part of the Group of Four, together with artists Nicolae Tonitza, Ștefan Dimitrescu, and Francisc Șirato. He studied sculpture and drawing at the Academy of Arts in Bucharest, under the guidance of Dimitrie Paciurea and Frederick Storck. Throughout his career, Han’s work included many monumental sculptures, as well as smaller scale ones. 

Han’s sculptural practice is figurative and gestural, able to easily convey emotion through the shapes, volume, and textures of its materiality. The sculpture Couple explores one of the major themes in Han’s practice, that of love and passion. The two lovers support each other’s contorted bodies in an unusual posture, resting on each other’s shoulders in a corporeal metaphor for the desire to become one.

Oscar Han exhibited his works in Romania and abroad, including in Venice, Antwerp, Paris, The Hague, Amsterdam, and Barcelona.

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