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Girafe enceinte

Girafe enceinte 2

Private acquisitions

Girafe enceinte

Sold out As a child, I was already much bigger than the other children and “giraffe” was my nickname in the school playground. In fact, this resemblance pleased me. This peaceful animal has a lanky grace, airy and wild and with large soft eyes. It is one of the rare animals which dates back to prehistoric times and one with which we can identify...

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Great sokatira

Great sokatira 2

Private acquisitions

Great sokatira

I have returned to this theme several times. “Sokatira” means “tug of war” in Basque. These “tusk ropes” allow me to play on compositions while extending and you just have to watch baby elephants play to realize that they could participate in Basque games. Warm brown patina with lighter backgrounds Sold Out

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The favorite of both

The favorite of both 2

Private acquisitions

The favorite of both

A theme that I have often taken up, children and elephants pushing, pulling. The two little girls want to appropriate the same elephant who does not want to choose his playmate and is having fun with the situation. "Sophie Verger brings back images buried in our childhood memories and, beyond looking at what brings us so close to animals, invites us to...

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Big horn to horn

Big horn to horn 2

Bronzes

Big horn to horn

The original bronze clay was presented for the first time in the remarkable garden of the Tool Museum at WIT DIT JOLI VILLAGE. The first bronze edition is now exhibited in the park of Château De Luynes, in the company of the BIG ACROBATS. It is an animal sculpture all in a circle punctuated by the play of horns, horns that poachers will not come and cut!...

Grands équilibristes

Grands équilibristes 2

Bronzes

Great acrobats

On photo, 2/8 CPH bank collection Initially, a very large sandstone for the “Open Air Museum” exhibition – Musée Pompon in 2016. Three bronzes were produced, one for the CPH bank, the second for a private individual, the third for the Château de Luynes in Touraine It is an emblematic piece of my work produced in very large format. The roundness of the...

Giraffe

Private acquisitions

Giraffe

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Giraffe

Private acquisitions

Giraffe

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Young giraffe

Private acquisitions

Young giraffe

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Group of giraffes

Personal collection

Group of giraffes

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Girafe et sa fille version 1

Girafe et sa fille version 1 2

Public acquisitions

Giraffe and her daughter

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Lying down

Lying down 2

Museum acquisitions

Lying down

Sophie Verger make thecollections her own, right down to the astonishing false recumbent statue on display in the museum's central patio, blurring the lines between myth, archaeological reality and contemporary creation. (Extract from the "Sculptures en liberté" exhibition catalogue) Sandstone from Norman Oise Public collection of the VaL d'Oise...

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La pieuvre ou ma voisine

La pieuvre ou ma voisine 2

Museum acquisitions

The octopus / my neighbour

From one octopus to another The octopus had always haunted her. Among the many animal documentaries to be found on the web there are some that describe this animal as one of the most intelligent of marine life. In the human imagination, it is a very disturbing animal. Moreover she had sketched and then sculpted her into a somewhat bigoted woman, as if...

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Deux girafes au Musée de la Briquetterie

Museum acquisitions

Two giraffes at the Briqueterie Museum

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