Small Bronze Figure by Joan Ripollés. Signed. Limited and Numbered 17/33

Delicate and small bronze figure by Joan Ripollés, signed, limited and numbered 17/33. The figure follows the artists own and unmistakable style and shows a cubist-related aesthetic, a constant in the authors career. It comes with a certificate of authenticity emitted by Ripollés himself, guaranteeing its authorship. The sculpture depicts a humanoid-like figure, with a triangular body with a smiling face on it crowned by a paella-shaped head with two handle-shaped ears and a sleeping face, similar to the lower one. The body stands on two small curved legs and has two short arms. At the back, the figure is adorned with two faces similar to the front ones. One of the legs bears the engraved artists signature, together with the number 17/33. The sculpture boasts a balanced and contemporary style and exudes the joie-de-vivre typical of the artists work. Avant-garde and attractive, this small bronze figure by Joan Ripollés, signed, limited and numbered 17/33, is a contemporary work of art which will add value to a modern stance. Dimensions: Figures Height: 5.51 in / 14 cm. Total Height: 6.5 in / 16.5 cm. Juan Garcia Ripollés Biography Juan Garcia Ripollés, also known as Ripo or Beato Ripo, is a Spanish artist born in Alzira (Valencia) in 1932. His work includes paintings, engravings and sculptures. Ripolles had a though childhood and had to work as a scrap dealer and industrial painter, but his passion for art made him attend evening classes in the School of Arts and Crafts of Castellon, the city where he spent his childhood and adolescence. In 1954 he moved to Paris where he strived to reach his maximum goal: becoming a painter. Four years later he exposed his paintings in the famous Drouand David art gallery, where masters such as Picasso or Chagall had hung their paintings before. In the 1960s he returns to Spain and lives in different places: Seville, Cordoba, Chipiona and Cercedilla (Madrid). In 2010 he goes back to Castellon de la Plana and now he lives and works there. Juan Garcia Ripollés has been awarded the Gold Flagship of Alzira and the Valencia Award to the Arts. His works are spread all over the world in galleries, collections, museums and public spaces.