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A BELGIAN BRONZE WAR MEMORIAL ENTITLED 'FRAGMENT DU MONUMENT AUX HEROS DE L'AIR OLE BELGIQUE'
Lot 406 PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN (LOTS 406 - 409)

A BELGIAN BRONZE WAR MEMORIAL ENTITLED 'FRAGMENT DU MONUMENT AUX HEROS DE L'AIR OLE BELGIQUE'

CAST FROM A MODEL BY PIERRE DE SOETE (1885-1948), EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed14 December 2016

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GBP 3,250

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A BELGIAN BRONZE WAR MEMORIAL ENTITLED 'FRAGMENT DU MONUMENT AUX HEROS DE L'AIR OLE BELGIQUE'
CAST FROM A MODEL BY PIERRE DE SOETE (1885-1948), EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Signed and inscribed, mounted on a stained wood plinth
77 ½ in. (197 cm.) high

Specialist note

This sculpture represents a detail from the larger bronze group, composed of a winged angel supporting the figure of dead man, created by Pierre de Soete and dedicated to the aviators and balloonists who fell in the First World War. Unveiled in 1926, the original is now located on the avenue Franklin Roosevelt, Brussels, Belgium.