77. PG THELANDER. "Germain Pilon I".

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PG THELANDER. "Germain Pilon I".
77. 4946549. PG THELANDER. "Germain Pilon I".

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Brown patinated bronze medal, 9 x 14.2 cm. Monogram signed and numbered PGT 2/6. Foundry stamp Fonderie Monnaie de Paris, 1997.

LITERATURE
Ian Wisénhn and Lars O. Lagerqvist, Medaljskulptören PG Thelander, Kungl. Myntkabinettet 1999, illustrated p. 18.

"PG Thelander has taken an interest in Germain Pilon (c. 1535-1590) and his work. He was a French sculptor who developed under the influence of [French sculptor] Jean Goujon (1510-1567), whose graceful style is reflected in Pilon's perhaps most famous work, The Three Graces, which belongs to the Louvre. A more powerful realism characterizes his later works, such as the full-length figures on the tomb monument in Saint Denis of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici (these tomb monuments were saved from destruction during the French Revolution. Other works by Pilon are lost forever). Queen Catherine de' Medici herself was one of Pilon's patrons from c. 1550, and we can view the reverse [of the medal] as a kind of symbolic portrait of her - and the dolphin (dauphin) is, of course, the French heir to the throne. Her sons Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III all became kings but died without being succeeded by any son. Pilon was appointed "royal sculptor" by Charles IX. The tormented man on the obverse of the medal can be seen as a symbol of Pilon's obsession with suffering and shows one of the soldiers below the figure of Christ on the monument.

Another inspiration comes from a poem by Gunnar Ekelöf, which was written down during his final illness in the autumn of 1967:
A billy goat with a human head
lives on a small one but has the power to think
a strange Greek animal
or an animal from the land of the two rivers
not Egyptian
then the body would be human
and the head the animal's... (from Gunnar Ekelöf: "Dikter". Månpocket 1984, p. 589).".

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Minor oxidation in places.

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77. 4946549. PG THELANDER. "Germain Pilon I".

Description

Brown patinated bronze medal, 9 x 14.2 cm. Monogram signed and numbered PGT 2/6. Foundry stamp Fonderie Monnaie de Paris, 1997.

LITERATURE
Ian Wisénhn and Lars O. Lagerqvist, Medaljskulptören PG Thelander, Kungl. Myntkabinettet 1999, illustrated p. 18.

"PG Thelander has taken an interest in Germain Pilon (c. 1535-1590) and his work. He was a French sculptor who developed under the influence of [French sculptor] Jean Goujon (1510-1567), whose graceful style is reflected in Pilon's perhaps most famous work, The Three Graces, which belongs to the Louvre. A more powerful realism characterizes his later works, such as the full-length figures on the tomb monument in Saint Denis of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici (these tomb monuments were saved from destruction during the French Revolution. Other works by Pilon are lost forever). Queen Catherine de' Medici herself was one of Pilon's patrons from c. 1550, and we can view the reverse [of the medal] as a kind of symbolic portrait of her - and the dolphin (dauphin) is, of course, the French heir to the throne. Her sons Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III all became kings but died without being succeeded by any son. Pilon was appointed "royal sculptor" by Charles IX. The tormented man on the obverse of the medal can be seen as a symbol of Pilon's obsession with suffering and shows one of the soldiers below the figure of Christ on the monument.

Another inspiration comes from a poem by Gunnar Ekelöf, which was written down during his final illness in the autumn of 1967:
A billy goat with a human head
lives on a small one but has the power to think
a strange Greek animal
or an animal from the land of the two rivers
not Egyptian
then the body would be human
and the head the animal's... (from Gunnar Ekelöf: "Dikter". Månpocket 1984, p. 589).".

Condition

Minor oxidation in places.

For questions, please contact lisa.mejeritcher@auktionsverket.se.

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PG Thelander - Summa summarum

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Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art
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Nybrogatan 32
114 39 Stockholm
Sweden

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Nybrogatan 32
Catalogue no
77

PG Thelander - Summa summarum

Stockholms Auktionsverk presents PG Thelander – Summa summarum, a tribute to one of the most distinctive artistic voices in Swedish post-war art. The exhibition was originally planned together with the artist himself to mark his 90th birthday and comprises 90 works spanning more than six decades. Following his death this summer, it is now presented as a commemorative exhibition culminating in a live auction.

The selection reflects the breadth of Thelander’s oeuvre, from experimental works on Plexiglas from the 1960s to later paintings, prints and sculpture. In his immediately recognisable visual world, ostriches, penguins and other animals appear alongside everyday objects, often placed in unexpected and displaced contexts. These motifs became recurring figures in Thelander’s visual universe, where logic meets absurdity, precision meets playfulness, and the familiar suddenly appears in a new light.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Thelander established himself as a significant Swedish artist, developing an independent visual language beyond passing artistic trends. His work is characterised by balanced compositions, clear colours and subtle irony – images that may initially appear orderly, but gradually reveal something more enigmatic and associative.

Summa summarum offers an opportunity to follow this consistent yet multifaceted artistic practice through 90 works. The exhibition concludes with a live auction.

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