Description: a ceramic, art sculpture, of an human figure with spreaded arms and the feet free from the earth, as sitting on a stool or in a tree with stigmata - crucifixion wounds on hands and feets and wings carved on his back titled and scratched in the clay, on the front and back: Black Christ - Sir Bedwood made in 1970 by the Dutch ceramist: Lies Cosijn Alida "Lies" Meijers - Cosijn, Mojokerto Java Indonesia, 1931 - 2016 Petten Netherlands, this piece is documented in the book: Compassion and Poetry, Ceramics of Lies Cosijn / Compassie en Poezie, Ceramiek van Lies Cosijn, pages 32 & 33, but there with the wrong title (Bedwood the Flyer)in the book also an interview with Lies Cosijn.She tells about her 1969 - 1970 stay on Jamaice and the stories she heard about leaders / founders of Bedwardism, who were: Harrison E. Shakespeare Woods, Alexander Bedward (1848-1930) the Flying Preacher, a self proclaimed reincarnation of Jesus Christ, who did not fly afterall, andCharles Edwards, King Emmanual Charles (1915-1994) called the Black Moses and Black Christ in Flesh the text in the clay and the title might be all three men mixed up,by Lies Cosijn herself, or by the story tellers.... provenance: the ceramic collection of C.M. Kooijman-Moerkerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands - marked on with on the inside the collection number K61 -exhibition: Poezie & Provocatie, in oct. - dec. 2001 at Museum Moderne Kunst Arnhem condition: very good, no damages nor restorations found, baked in two parts and assembled by the artistsize circa 49,5 x 39,5 x 10 cm / circa 19.5 x 15.6 x 3.9 inchweight circa 4,5 kg(the correct titled sculptures Bedwood the Flyer can also be found in the book, pages 108 and 109, with image numbers 95 and 98, made in 1993 and 1994) world wide shipping- you wil be ordering registrated shipment provided by PostNL from The Netherlands, EU- this will be according to the PostNL conditions and destinations- the shipping will be, if possible, with priority, tracking and insurance offered by PostNL for loss during shipment- the shipping costs differ per country- shipping in Netherlands: 15 euro- at pick-up the shipping costs will be refunded or deducted- shipment out of the EU will be under Incoterm DAP and HS-code 9700 VAT / BTW: the seller is subject to the Dutch/NL, EU sales tax called “Margin Scheme” (in Dutch: “BTW Margeregeling”), the seller’s tax number in The Netherlands, EU is: NL001190378B30 we are: delta 98 den haag The Hague, The Netherlands, EU registrated at the Chambers of Commerce, The Hague: Kamer van Koophandel Haaglanden, file 27133335
Price: 1900 USD
Location: 's-Gravenhage
End Time: 2025-01-05T18:05:43.000Z
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Artist: Cosijn, Lies
Provenance: Collection Kooijman, Rotterdam
Documented: book: Compassion and Poetry, Ceramics of Lies Cosijn
Signed: No
Size: Medium
Period: Contemporary (1970 - 2020)
Title: Black Christ - Sir Bedwood
Material: Ceramic
Region of Origin: Netherlands
Subject: Black Christ
Type: Sculpture
Format: Statue
Year of Production: 1970
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 19.5 inch / 49,5 cm
Style: Figurative Art
Theme: Art, Cultures & Ethnicities, Religious, Social History
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Country/Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
Production Technique: Pottery
Handmade: Yes
Culture: Bedwardism
Item Width: 15.6 inch / 39,5 cm
Time Period Produced: 1970-1979