![A painted plywood sculpture of a woman's torso and legs.](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_md/public/images/featured/1999-0023c.jpg?h=df97215a&itok=TACU6xzg)
Year
1974
Artist
Victor Tolgesy (1928-1980)
Media
Painting
Sculpture
Material
Painted plywood
Collection number
1999-0023
Venue
Art at buildings
Description
Gift of the Estate of Victor Tolgesy.
Born in Hungary, Tolgesy died prematurely in 1980. His career as sculptor went through a number of stylistic phases using wood, clay and metal. After a significant period of abstract metal works, in the late seventies he turned to his roots and history, creating a whimsical figurative works in papier mâché or wood. This major body of works became part of a book,entitled “Acrobatics” which was published after his death and is an allegory of the artist's life and philosophy
Floor 2