Sophie Verger French, b. 1953
13 3/8 x 9 7/8 x 10 1/4 in
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FR : Au cœur de la forêt de Hez, dans l'Oise, une laie veille sur ses marcassins blottis contre elle, une brindille entre les dents. Sophie Verger saisit la force tranquille de la mère et la vivacité des petits, avec un modelé expressif qui rend la rugosité du pelage.
Bronze à patine grise, 34 x 25 x 26 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/8 x 10 1/4 in), 2021. Édition limitée à 8 exemplaires + 4 épreuves d'artiste. Une scène de vie sauvage pleine de tendresse.
EN : Deep in the Forest of Hez, in northern France, a wild sow watches over her piglets huddled against her, a twig between her teeth. Sophie Verger captures the mother's quiet strength and the liveliness of the young, with expressive modelling that renders the roughness of their coats.
Grey patina bronze, 34 x 25 x 26 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/8 x 10 1/4 in), 2021. Limited edition of 8 + 4 artist's proofs. A tender scene of wildlife.
Provenance
"We walk around, they see us, presences invisible to our senses as city dwellers. Just maybe a crackle. The plowing of the edges of forest roads and the traces near the dirt.However, I remember four adorable boar birds in my eyes as they played carefree around the Neuville pond. Armed members of the Neuville hunting society blocked the access road to shoot them down. I didn’t understand how this was possible but said "they were the result of a clandestine union between a pig and a sow, released or discovered by whom ?? and therefore potentially dangerous for walkers. "When I got home I heard 3 gunshots, one must have escaped.
My founder by finishing the patina evoked, teasingly, the flavor of their meat. I made my little tribute to these four innocent people. A mother is a mother!"
- Sophie Verger
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