Ripollés (1932) - Sculpture, Chica de la rosa - 43 cm - Resin

Resin sculpture by Ripollés, hand-painted and signed, made in his Más de Flors workshop, attached is his authorship certificate
43 cm tall, shipping by Correos de España
Very colorful

Juan García Ripollés —known as Ripollés— was born in
Alzira (Valencia, Spain) in 1932. His mother's death
in childbirth led him to Castellón La Plana. His early years were not easy: he gathered horse dung, he was a junkman and a heavy-handed painter, until he moved to Paris in 1954. He wanted to be a painter. And that's where he achieved it.
Four years after his arrival, he managed to hang his paintings in the prestigious gallery Drouant David, the same one that had exhibited Picasso and Chagall.
Since his return to Spain, in the sixties, his workshop has been nature.
Today, at 92 years old, it still is: he paints in the orchard of his manor in the small hamlet of Mas de Flors, in the province of Castellón.
During the last five decades, his canvases and engravings have been shown in the best galleries and museums in Amsterdam, New York, Tokyo or Beijing.
His large-format sculptures have been installed in parks and in the main streets and squares of Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Lisbon, Venice, Verona, Hertogenbosch or Beijing."} }_NORESPONSE to=final YAML code )); note this is the final answer but ignore the stray text ; but the output must be only the JSON. Wait ensure proper JSON. The previous content seems to include line breaks and quotes; it's valid. Ensure no extra text. Done. } ) } No more. } } } - end.