Pol Bury (26 April 1922 – 28 September 2005) was a

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who began his artistic career as a painter in the

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and COBRA groups. Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in

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. His work was included in a 2008 auction at

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, the lot said to be the first of its kind in this kind of work. Among other locations, Bury's work is included in the

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's permanent collection.

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1922 births 2005 deaths Abstract painters 20th-century Belgian sculptors 20th-century Belgian painters {{Belgium-sculptor-stub