Animals

Iron tiger 'Nouchka'

Tiger 'Nouchka' (2022): a life-size forged iron tiger at Siberian scale, thirty years after Lucas Van Haegenborgh first portrayed the tigress at the Zoo.

Year
2022
Material
Forged iron, life size
Theme
Animals

The tiger simmered in his soul for thirty years, ever since he was allowed to portray the tigress Nouchka at the Zoo in 1991. At the end of 2022 the wave came: an iron tiger of true Siberian size, not aggressive but in massive defence.

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