Bronzes Dressage €16,000.00 Large, very graphic sculpture made at the Chapon art foundry. The little rider on the sidesaddle on the highest perched horse is confident. The eyes of the horses meet. Perhaps they wonder about their ability to jointly maintain the balance ? “Because Sophie’s companions are rarely alone and because their ability to establish harmonious and playful... View
Museum acquisitions Sucellus amulet Sculpture created for the exhibition "We dress the fish well" in 2007 at the Château Musée de Boulogne sur mer. It is part of a collection of "amulets" presented in the archaeological showcases of the Museum on this occasion View
Private acquisitions Acrobatic donkey "The relevance of choice of materials, the discreet subtlety of forms, the references to which are sent back certain compositions, dress every blink of an eye of the discreet elegance that a keen visual artist on Art History, brings to sometimes unexpected convergences. The girl got on «the donkey tightrope walker» evokes irresistibly «the Angelodella... View
Private acquisitions Trunk to trunck It is here that Sophie Verger guides us, among the beasts of the museum, in a tranquil world where peace and carefree bliss reign…….carefree, it is necessary to brave the Laws of Gravity as her models often do: where art reigns, with a vigorous trunk nothing is impossible! Georges Dilly Conservateur en chef du patrimoine Exposition Bêtes à Musée - 2017 View
Public acquisitions Big rider in Chantilly Unique work Acquisition by the town of Chantilly for the boardroom at Chantilly town hall View
Clays The three Eves A mother carries her two daughters on her back. It’s up to everyone to imagine what they contemplate together, peacefully, in a beautiful visionary impulse. A better future for their sisters? I like this sentence from Jean Giraudoux: “Adam firmly believes that he was chased out of the earthly paradise. Eve is not sure at all, and acts, in any case, as if... View
Private acquisitions Leafed elephant What is striking is that there is no fear with Sophie Verger’s apparently strange creatures and I don’t fear them either. I reply to their wink that caresses me. Besides, no sculpture without caress. As a child, the first buttocks that I held in my hand were those statues in the Compiegne park. Sophie Verger would not have reprimanded me. She would have... View
Private acquisitions Winter voyage A horse in a boat, a blanket on its back. An old horse leaving on a journey, a very long journey that old horses take and from which they don’t return. And a young girl, an image of spring, who one last time rests her head on his muzzle and hides her tears in his mane. She will leave, this crossing is not for her, not yet. They both know this, the consent... View
Bronzes The secret €4,400.00 A little girl whispers in the ear of her attentive horse, head to head. The roundness of the composition plays with the verticals of the mane and tail, without forgetting the little girl's ponytail! The horse is in a stopping posture to better listen to the whispered secret. View