Dad with a Jug

1970
wood/carved
440 x 165 x 180 mm
signature: on a pedestal: T 70

Granpa sitting on a bench and holding a large jug in his hands. He has no shoes just bare feet and hat on his head. Pants, on the edge, around ankles takes the form of a two hoops. His big ears, nose and jug are especially notable. Cracked in several places.

Kresimir Trumbetas was born in 1936 in Koprivnica. He finished high school education in 1954 in Koprivnica. He graduated from the Faculty of Science in Zagreb in 1960 and five years later the Academy of Music. He teaches at the Music School Blagoje Bersa. He makes sculpture in wood since 1968. He lives and works in Zagreb.