iron and concrete, 26,5 x 70 x 15,2 cm.

See Carel Blotkamp, Carel Visser, Utrecht, 1989, p. 72, for another version of the same sculpture. A larger version is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (inv.no. BA 571). In the present lot, the artist shows his admiration for the work of Constantin Brancusi by making the base a prominent part of the overall sculpture. It was Brancusi who drew the attention to the role of the base, he considered it to be a vital part of a sculpture. Visser greatly admired Brancusi and was able to visit him in his Parisian studio in the 1950s thanks to an introduction from Aldo van Eyck (see José Boyens, "Ik zoek niet naar een beeld, maar naar hèt beeld. Het werk van Carel Visser", in Ons Erfdeel, XXXII, no. 1, January-February 1989, p. 537). The statue can be seen standing on the lower right side in the photograph of the kitchen in Loenen aan de Vecht, under the counter in an build alcove. (photo by Alejandro Campos Uribe)