In addition to his paintings, Victor Servranckx also did just a few sculptures. This work, Opus 1, dates from his purely abstract geometric period, which, in his own estimation, was from 1921 to 1924. It was made of bronze, onyx and plaster. In 1923, Servranckx incorporated portrayals of this sculpture twice, from different angles, into one of his most monumental paintings, Exaltation of Mechanisation, which is in the Royal Museums of the Fine Art of Belgium in Brussels. The Musée d’Ixelles has a painting by Servranckx from the same year, called Opus 53, depicting only this same sculpture against a uniform background.
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Victor Servranckx
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| Title | Opus 1 |
| Date | 1922 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | painted in grey |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | year and signature on the base: 1921 / SERVRANCKX [waarschijnlijk geantidateerd] |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | gypsum AAT |
| Inventory number | 2002-A |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2002-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4781/manifest.json |
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abstract art (general art genre)
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300134149 nonobjective AAT |
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Abstract, Non-representational Art
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49D30 'Planimetria', 'Ichonografia' (Ripa) Iconclass 49D35 polygon (~ planimetry, geometry) Iconclass 49D36 circle (~ planimetry, geometry) Iconclass 49D4 stereometry, solid geometry Iconclass 49D48 sphere, globe ~ stereometry Iconclass 51AA3 Abstractness, Insubstantiality Iconclass |
| School / Style | abstract (general art genre) AAT |
| Victor Servranckx : De jaren twintig (tentoonstelling Oostende, Mu.Zee, 15.09.2012 - 06.01.2013) / Phillip Van den Bossche, Anouck Clissen, Sergio Servellón, Ann Verdonck. - Oostende : Mu.ZEE, 2012 |
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