Dog with Dancing Bones

Willem Lenssinck

Willem had made a coffee table. It was called the Pieter d'Hont table because the famous Utrecht sculptor Pieter d'Hont was present when Willem created the dog. Pieter, a role model for Willem, inquired about the armature, but there wasn't one. Willem explained that the sculpture was built using air chambers. Pieter had never seen that before! A ceramic solution, the foundation of Willem's work. The dog sculpture was finished, and Willem set it aside against a pedestal where molded bones lay. The other components for the table. Every time Willem walked past, he thought: That's quite an amusing sculpture. A dog sitting motionless, drooling while staring at food. The mouth was slightly altered, and he wanted to add a small fountain in the mouth, but that didn't work out. A sculpture of bones fastened together with a pin so they can rotate. The piece was never sold. But that's typical of artists: They primarily create what they find beautiful, not what sells.

120 x 140 cm

Bronze & Granite

2003

Mentioned in the monograph p. 110-113