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exhibition which also included works by some of
Bury's fellow-artists at the significant Mouvements
exhibition of 1955-Agam, Soto, Tinguely. Since then,
Bury's contributions in last year's Venice Biennale pro­
vided one of the few authentic sensations; Jean­
Franc;;ois Revel. summing up in L 'Oeil. commented:
'We all know that there are two forms of modern
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72 balls, big, lmle and medwm 1 964 sculpture. one moves. the other does not. Pol Bury,
Wood and cork touched by genius. discovered a sculpture which
80 x 62 x 15 cm.
Collection: Stedl1Ik Museum, moves so little that at first sight you will rank it with
Amsterdam those that do not move . to see it is as terrifying
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23 balls on 8 me/ming planes Bury's first one-man show in the U.S.A. at the Lefebre
200 x 70 x 40 cm.
Gallery, New York. opened on October 12th 1964. with
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15 upright cylmders, 6 cubes every one of the twenty or more constructions already
and 18 balls 1962 sold. including two simultaneous purchases by the
Wood
39 x 53 x 33 cm. Museum of Modern Art. This new series of constructions
Collection: Mr. & Mrs. carry his globe and wire compositions a stage further:
Weisberger, New York
now the globes are massed or distributed sparsely on
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Detall of 3 ,n movement slanted plane surfaces. and the wires have become thick.
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