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Alice Penalba — Petite Liturgie Végétale
Alice Penalba

Petite Liturgie Végétale

"Petite Liturgie Végétale" is a bronze sculpture by Spanish artist Alice Penalba that exemplifies her abstract approach to organic forms. The work reflects Penalba's characteristic interest in natural rhythms and botanical inspiration, translating vegetative growth into sculptural language through biomorphic shapes. Cast in bronze, the piece demonstrates her mastery of material and form, creating a meditation on the relationship between nature and abstraction that was central to her artistic practice in the mid to late twentieth century.

Medium
bronze

🔨 Auction Lot

Collection Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt | La Liberté pour dogme

April 10, 2025

Estimate: $30,000$50,000

Lot 8

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Alice Penalba, Petite Liturgie Végétale

"Petite Liturgie Végétale" is a bronze sculpture by Spanish artist Alice Penalba that exemplifies her abstract approach to organic forms. The work reflects Penalba's characteristic interest in natural rhythms and botanical inspiration, translating vegetative growth into sculptural language through biomorphic shapes. Cast in bronze, the piece demonstrates her mastery of material and form, creating a meditation on the relationship between nature and abstraction that was central to her artistic practice in the mid to late twentieth century.

Medium
bronze
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Organic Abstraction, Bronze Sculpture, Nature and vegetation, Modernist, French Artist, Spiritual and meditative, Three Dimensional Form, Rhythmic Composition