Belgium
4th May 1974 - "Sculpture"
design : Jean Malvaux
engraver : Jean de Vos
printer: Zegeldrukkerij van Mechelen - Belgium
The first stamp (5 Belgian francs) shows the work De verwoeste stad (The Destroyed City) by the French naturalized Belarusian artist Ossip Zadkine (1888-1967).
This sculpture conceived in 1947 represents a man without a heart. It is a memorial to
the destruction of the centre of Rotterdam in 1940 after the Luftwaffe
bombing.
The figure holds both hands aloft, with its head thrown back as if crying in grief, and a gaping hole in its chest and abdomen. The absence of a heart is said to symbolize the destruction of the centre of Rotterdam. Zadkine described it as "A cry of horror against the inhuman brutality of this act of tyranny".
At the 1958 Brussels World Fair (Expo 58), a smaller bronze version (128 × 57.5 × 56.5 cm) was exhibited and acquired by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
The second stamp (10 Belgian francs) shows the work Solidariteit (Solidarity) by the Flemish artist George Minne (1866-1941).
This work of 1934 represents two men supporting each other. The bronze work is located in the centre of a pond in the municipal park of Boom.
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