Lot n° 84
Estimation :
400 - 600
EUR
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Result
: 400EUR
Georges Wasterlain (1889-1963) - Lot 84
Georges Wasterlain (1889-1963)
1963) Miner's bust
Patinated terra cotta
Signed "WASTERLAIN" below left shoulder
H. 44 cm, resting on a wooden base H. 2 cm
Born into a modest Belgian family, Georges Wasterlain worked as a miner before embarking on a self-taught career as a painter and sculptor. Influenced by the social realism of Constantin Meunier, he created figures of workers, including a statue of a miner housed at Charleroi town hall.
Related literature:
-Jacques Toussaint, Georges Wasterlain (1889-1963), sculpteur et peintre ouvrier, de la mine à l'ébauchoir, Namur, Art et Héritage, 2018.
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