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Lot 264 Dα

A white marble bust of a woman

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:01 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 10.000 € (incl. premium)

A white marble bust of a woman

White Carrara marble. Depicting the head of a young woman with closed eyes half in the round, hewn from the marble block in “non-finito” technique. H 57 cm.
Pierre de Soete, 1942.

Pierre de Soete (1886 - 1948) is considered one of the most important Belgian sculptors of the modern era. Orphaned at an early age, de Soete began his training at Académie de dessin in Molenbeek at just 14 years of age. He started working as a freelance sculptor in 1924. One of his most famous commissions was a radiator cap figure for the Belgian car manufacturer "Minerva", for which he received an award at the Salon de l'automobile in Paris in 1921. This work in non-finito technique testifies to his interest in both the Italian Renaissance and the works of Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917).