Henri-Georges Adam was a highly acclaimed French sculptor who set himself the challenge of integrating architecture and sculpture resulting in a series of vast “Habitable-Sculptures”, which were exhibited at the Paris Biennale in 1961
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Henri-Georges Adam was a highly acclaimed French sculptor who set himself the challenge of integrating architecture and sculpture resulting in a series of vast “Habitable-Sculptures”, which were exhibited at the Paris Biennale in 1961
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HENRI-GEORGES ADAM (1904-1967)
“LA POINTE SAINT MATHIEU”
Carrara marble, height 95cm (37 1/4in) (incl. base)
signed, and marked ‘E.A.’ (Epreuve d’Artiste)
executed in 1960
EXHIBITED (bronze cast):
Galerie La Hune, Paris, 1960
Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen, Paris, 1961
Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 1962
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 1966;
LITERATURE:
“Découverte de la Sculpture Moderne” J. Selz, 1963.
“Adam: Sculpteur Monumental”, G. Marchiori, Marmo 3, 1963
“Henri-Georges Adam”, W. George & I. Jianou, 1968.