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64. Hug [cca. 1917]

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64. Hug [cca. 1917]

Dimitrie Paciurea

1873, Bucureşti - 1932, Bucureşti
Estimate:
EUR 3.000 - 5.000

References

ȘOTROPA, Adriana, “Dreams and Illusions”, Ed. Compania, Bucharest, 2009 DEAC, Mircea, “Illusions”, Albatros Publishing

bronze, 26 x 18 x 9 cm, signed on the right side, "D. Paciurea"

Research information

Variants of the work are reproduced in "Himere," Mircea Deac, Albatros Publishing, page 226, and in "Dimitrie Paciurea," Ion Frunzetti, Meridiane Publishing, 1989, page 93.

Dimitrie Paciurea's creation remains a benchmark in modern Romanian art, often placed in dialogue with that of Constantin Brâncuși. His unique artistic corpus is difficult to categorize within a single stylistic movement: his work shows influences of modernism, expressionism, avant-gardism, and symbolism, as well as inspiration from Rodin. Paciurea is best known for his cycle "Himera," created between 1926 and 1928, works that established his reputation and represent the peak of his career. The sculptures representing this cycle—"Water Himeră," "Earth Himeră," and "Air Himeră"—inspired by mythology and imagination, combine human figures with fantastic and symbolic elements. The work at hand does not adopt the features of Paciurea's himeras. Modeled a few years earlier, probably between 1920 and 1925, "Embrace" is a small sculpture that expresses a pure, direct, and intense feeling. The figure is concentrated, tense, reduced to essentials to convey a profound emotion. Here, there is no fantastic being, but an evocative, symbolic presence embodying suffering in its simplest and most sincere form. The state of torment, physical pain,

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