Jef Depassé - "Naturally"

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  • Description
  • Jef Depassé (1943-2021)
Type of artwork Sculpture / Object
Period 2000 to present
Technique Wood
Style Abstract
Subject Abstract
Dimensions 85 x 40 x 30 cm (h x w x d)
Signed Unsigned
Translated with Google Translate. Original text show .
This wooden statue is offered from the private collection of the family of Jef Depassé.
For this occasion, the title 'natural' was chosen because of the material and the history that this statue carries with it. The natural working of the wood is clearly visible in the form of a crack in the foot. The price of this statue has of course dropped, but there is also beauty in this natural process.

We are thinking of another of his wooden statues. This statue, entitled 'Natural Balance', stood in the City Park of Groningen for many years. When in 2010 the statue finally fell over after 33 (!) years, the statue was not removed but remained there, 'in accordance with the intention of the artist who wanted to show the natural process of transience'. (More information about this can be found on kunstpuntgroningen.nl).

The family sincerely hopes that this statue will be given a place where it will come into its own, as one of the last examples of his impressive oeuvre.



About Jef
Jef Depassé, actually Jef Depasse Huisman, (Amsterdam, July 9, 1943 - Paterswolde, December 22, 2021) was a Dutch sculptor. Depassé made sculptures in brass, marble, bluestone, wood and bronze. From large and monumental to small and delicate. He worked both abstractly and figuratively.
Characteristic of his work is simplicity and purity. Everything is reduced to the essence.

Jef Depassé worked as a sculptor for more than 50 years. His sculptures found their way to private individuals, companies and governments. Depassé made many commissioned works for governments and companies, often also intended for public spaces. For example, there are more than twenty of his sculptures in public spaces in villages and towns in Groningen and Drenthe. Many people have seen his work at one of the open studio routes or at one of his exhibitions at Landgoed Lemferdinge, in the Hortus Botanicus in Haren, at Galerie De Herkenning in Wittelte or at Galerie Huis ter Heide.
(See also Wikipedia for more information.)


Material
Wood is a natural product and always adapts to its natural environment and climate. This wooden statue is intended for indoor use. You can, if desired, add colour with stain. You can also rub the statues with furniture wax and polish them if you want to give them a soft shine.


Jef did not put a signature on the work itself, which is why it is now labeled "unsigned" in this environment. It is unmistakably a 'real Depassé'. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon sale, if desired, in which the authenticity, originality and origin of this work is guaranteed.





Condition
ConditionDamaged
Natural working of the wood; this has caused a crack in the foot.
Shipment
Pick up The work can be picked up on location. As a buyer you must bring your own packaging materials. The location is: Eelde-paterswolde (drenthe), The Netherlands
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ShipmentDue to its size or fragility, it is not possible to send this item via regular mail

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