PETER LASZLO PERI 1899-1967
Street Sweeper
PETER LASZLO PERI 1899-1967
Street Sweeper
Circa 1955
Stock Number: 13595/GSO
Height
81.50cm
[32.09 inches]
Width 28.00cm [11.02 inches]
Width 28.00cm [11.02 inches]
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Pericrete
Circa 1955
Modelled in coloured cement (known as 'Pericrete'), circa 1955. Peri himself described how, when he was making sculpture of a social type, such as a street sweeper, he would ""...show him not as a pompous heroic figure, but as part of our surroundings. I choose one of his characteristic resting poses, I have drawn my neighbour's attention to another neighbour whom he passed a thousand times on the street, but to whom he never gave a second thought."" Extracted from Sculpture in 20th Century Britain - A guide to sculptors in the Leeds connection. Peri exhibited widely and his works are held in the Tate, British Museum, Leeds City Art Galleries among other galleries.
Pericrete
Circa 1955
Modelled in coloured cement (known as 'Pericrete'), circa 1955. Peri himself described how, when he was making sculpture of a social type, such as a street sweeper, he would ""...show him not as a pompous heroic figure, but as part of our surroundings. I choose one of his characteristic resting poses, I have drawn my neighbour's attention to another neighbour whom he passed a thousand times on the street, but to whom he never gave a second thought."" Extracted from Sculpture in 20th Century Britain - A guide to sculptors in the Leeds connection. Peri exhibited widely and his works are held in the Tate, British Museum, Leeds City Art Galleries among other galleries.
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