Fons Bemelmans - Bronzen gietpenning: Le Couple - Vvpk eerste penning 1974

Bemelmans started out as a goldsmith but gradually developed into a sculptor with a preference for bulging, highly plastic forms. His design 'Le couple' depicts a man and a woman in intimate embrace. An eternal theme, without it we wouldn't be here ourselves. However, it has not become naturalism, that can make the subject so tedious; but a loving observation of a natural fact. The sculptor had a hard time with the shape and the placement of the legs on the surface; despite those ill-placed legs, it has become one of the Association's most popular releases. The reverse shows a labyrinth: the way through heights and depths before one finds the other.
The above text from Louk Tilanus, Handly Sculpture