Holger Wederkinch (b. Sønderby, Femø 1886, d. Copenhagen 1959)
“Ørn, Los, Hare” (Eagle, Lynx, Hare), 1917. Signed Holger Wederkinch. Red Scandinavian granite. H. incl. octagonal base 142 cm.
Literature: Bjørn Nørgaard: “Hist hvor vejen slår en bugt ...” IN “Cras - Tidsskrift for kunst og kultur XLI”, Silkeborg Kunstmuseums Forlag 1985, the sculpture ill. in the garden by the artist's studio, p. 74. Exhibited: “Arbejder af Holger Wederkinch” (Works by Holger Wederkinch), Den Frie Udstillings Bygning, Copenhagen, January 1923, cat. no. 2, ill. in the cat. p. 3. Exhibited: Societé Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1924. Provenance: By descent in the artist's family; hence in private ownership, Denmark.
“I prefer to work in stone, in whose random form I compose my figures, using the material to the full, in which the work is bound from its birth”. The artist's text for “Dansk Biografisk Haandleksikon” (Danish Biographical Encyclopedia), 1924.
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Modern paintings, sculptures, 17 June 2014