{"product_id":"sculpture-no-249-by-philippe-leclercq","title":"Sculpture No. 249 by Philippe Leclercq","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilippe Leclercq\u003cbr\u003eSculpture No. 249\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvence, France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than three decades, Philippe Leclercq carved stone from his garden atelier in Provence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA physiotherapist by profession, he spent his early evenings working with limestone and marble, guided not by commercial ambition or the pursuit of recognition, but by an enduring fascination with what might emerge from the blocks of stone Phillipe hand selected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Philippe describes it, \"To sculpt is, in fact, to give shape - or rather, shapes - to the formless.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven after decades of carving, Philippe still speaks of sculpture as a medium of endless possibility, one whose potential  is “limitless, boundless, unpredictable, and infinite.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thesouthlooploft.com\/pages\/les-x-south-loop-loft\" title=\"LES X South Loop Loft\"\u003eDiscover the story behind the collection →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sculpture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHand-carved from white marble, Sculpture No. 249 is an expression of Philippe's lifelong exploration of stone, form, and material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Unrepeatable Body of Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor thirty years, this was a quiet devotion: one man, one block of stone, and a lifelong fascination with the forms hidden inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sculptures remained largely unseen by the world: They lived among the olive trees and weathered stone walls of Philippe's garden; woven into the fabric of his daily life until a chance encounter in Provence revealed this extraordinary lifetime of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach sculpture is a chapter from a larger story: a collection shaped by curiosity rather than commerce, carrying a rare sense of honesty that feels increasingly difficult to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuiet, singular, and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Loop Loft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52499271287095,"sku":null,"price":3900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/0135\/0967\/files\/pdgcMVB_QK6__XhlFNvThHpn3gcNPQt0Q8Jos__-PqI.jpg?v=1782479798","url":"https:\/\/thesouthlooploft.com\/products\/sculpture-no-249-by-philippe-leclercq","provider":"South Loop Loft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}