Lot 191

Damjan Pešan (1887 - 1975) TWO SEAGULLS

The late work of the important sculptor Damjan Pešan, known for his collaboration with Joža Plečnik in the first republican realisations at Prague Castle or the figure of Christ and the saints in the Church of the Sacred Heart of the Lord on Jiřího z Poděbrad Square in Prague's Vinohrady district. In addition to sculpture, he worked as a teacher and puppeteer. In his post-war work, he created the Monument to the Fallen Barricaders and his sandstone reliefs on public buildings in Ostrava also stand out. Signed and dated: D PESAN 1969