Lot 44
  • 44

André Masson

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
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Description

  • André Masson
  • BACCHANTES
  • Porte le cachet : Ateliers O. Brustolin, Vérone
    Cachet de fonderie : Brustolin
    Cachet de l'éditeur : Galerie Due, Ci

  • bronze
  • 88 x 98 x 33 cm; 34 5/8 x 38 1/2 x 13 in.

Literature

Roger Passeron, André Masson, Catalogue général des sculptures, Turin, 1987, no. 23, fig. 94

Condition

Apart from a light wear to the patina at the extreme edges of the head of the woman and of the horse, this work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

bronze; stamped with the foundry mark: 'Ateliers O. Brustolin, Vérone'; bears the Foundry mark: 'Brustolin' and the editor stamp: 'Galerie Due, Ci'. Conceived in 1964, numbered '3/8', 2nd cast in 1986-87.