Niels Hansen Jacobsen: 'The Dryad'. Bronze figure
Description
Automatic translation from Danish.
Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861-1941): 'The Dryad'. Patinated bronze figure. Signed NHJ. Made and stamped at Aug E. Jensen Broncestøberi. H. 32.5 cm. Weight approx. 4.8 kg.
Provenance: The collection after Carl Peter Sander.
Niels Hansen Jacobsen first presented the sculpture 'The Dryad' in a plaster copy of 185 cm in 1918 at the Free Exhibition in Copenhagen. He accompanied it in the catalogue with a poem by Georg Bachmann, translated into Danish by Thor Lange. The poem 'Dryade' reads:
'People's words fall heavy and close
on my chest like heavy stones
out I want to breathe lightly
inhale the breath of the forest floor
at an Elf behind swaying branches'.
(Source: Vejen Art Museum's website)
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