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Lot description
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)