16 - Emile Gilioli (French, 1911-1977)

Emile Gilioli (French, 1911-1977) Soleil sur la colline - c.1972 Polished bronze 60 x 47 x 18 cm Signé et numéroté au verso: 2/6 Provenance: Galerie Veranneman, Belgium The Robert and Suzanne Pannier Collection, Bruges Soleil sur la colline belongs to a motif to which Émile Gilioli returned repeatedly throughout his career, first developed in Soleil sur la montagne (1964), his monument to the Resistance at the Plateau des Glières in the Vercors. Gilioli continued to revisit the form in variations of proportion, scale and material, gradually developing it into one of the most recognisable motifs of his sculptural language.