Lot 1084: Paul Verlaine - a paperweight

Erich Wichman (Dutch, 1890-1929)
Paul Verlaine - a paperweight
bronze
6 cm. high
Conceived in 1926

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According to Pier Terwen in his article 'Beelden in de collectie Meentwijck. Een kennismaking', Japanese culture inspired Wichman to create sculptures and paperweights shaped like masks. The present lot is supposed to represent the poet Paul Verlaine. See: exhibition catalogue Leven in een verzameling. Toegepaste kunst 1890-1940 uit de collectie Meentwijck , Singer Museum, Laren, 2000, p. 168, no. 188.
See also:
Frans van Burkom, Hans Mulder, Erich Wichman 1890-1929, tussen idealisme en rancune , Utrecht/Assen, 1983, p. 119