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Style and Inspiration - Art Nouveau & Art Deco

The Worker Sculpture (Earthworker)
Main style: Art Deco with influences from Social Realism / labor sculpture.

Characteristics: The silhouette of the worker with a shovel displays the stylization typical of the interwar period. The treatment of the musculature and the trouser folds (a loose, flared “largeot” style) combines the realism of strenuous labor with the modern geometric treatment of the body.

Artist / Similar work: This is Gustav Adolphe Hierholtz’s Earthworker (1877–1948).

Inscription: RAZEL Company - Jean Pichon

7.5 kg in bronze
height 23.5 cm, width 22.7 cm and depth 11 cm

Mondial Relay / Relais Colis (to a pickup point): approximately €16.00.

La sculpture du travailleur (Terrassier)
Style principal : Art Déco avec des influences du Réalisme social / Sculptures du travail.

Caractéristiques : La silhouette de l'ouvrier à la pelle présente une stylisation typique de l'entre-deux-guerres. Le traitement de la musculature et des plis drapés du pantalon (style large/évasé de type largeot) combine réalisme du geste pénible et géométrisation moderne du corps.   

Auteur / Œuvre similaire : Il s'agit du Terrassier de Gustav Adolphe Hierholtz (1877–1948).   

Inscription : Entreprise RAZEL - Jean Pichon

7,5 kg en bronze
hauteur 23,5 cm, largeur 22,7 cm et profondeur 11 cm

Mondial Relay / Relais Colis (en Point Relais) : environ 16,00 €.

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Gustav Adolphe Hierholtz (1877–1948) - Sculpture, La sculpture du terrassier - 23.5 cm - Patinated bronze

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La sculpture du terrassier by Gustav Adolphe Hierholtz is a signed Art Deco sculpture in patinated bronze, measuring 23.5 × 22.7 × 11 cm and weighing 7.5 kg.

Gustav Adolphe Hierholtz (1877–1948) - Sculpture, La sculpture du terrassier - 23.5 cm - Patinated bronze

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La sculpture du terrassier by Gustav Adolphe Hierholtz is a signed Art Deco sculpture in patinated bronze, measuring 23.5 × 22.7 × 11 cm and weighing 7.5 kg.

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