plaster, h. 25 cm

purchased in 2021 with support from the Czech Republic Ministry of Culture

GVUO decided to acquire for its collection a plaster model of a successful and realized cemetery memorial dedicated to the prominent Ostrava sculptor Augustin Handzel (1886–1952). The project originated from the initiative of the beautification society Za krásnou Ostravu and the Fiducia club. The resulting monument, designed by Jan Šnéberger and made from Silesian granite, was installed in the municipal cemetery in Slezská Ostrava. It emerged from a competition held in 2018 and was funded by a grant from the City of Ostrava. The monument represents a block of stone resting on transport logs, symbolically prepared for potential sculptural shaping.

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