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Jan Fabre (b. 1958)
Lot 360 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION 

Jan Fabre (b. 1958)

The Man Who Gives Fire

Closed15 February 2012

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GBP 169,250

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Jan Fabre (b. 1958)
The Man Who Gives Fire
polished bronze, flame and marble plinth, in two parts
(i) 62 5/8 x 23¼ x 33in. (159 x 59 x 83.8cm.)
(ii) 27½ x 31½ x 27in. (70 x 80 x 68.5cm.)
Executed in 2002, this work is number two from an edition of eight plus two artist's proofs

Galerie Guy Pieters, Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

'There is a strong continuity between Fabre's visual world and that of the old masters: an equivalent engagement with materials, a similar goal on a spiritual level, which can only be discovered when one passes beyond materials.' (B. de Baere and P. Huvenne, 'Of Then and Soon', in Jan Fabre/Homo Faber, Ghent 2006, p. 8).