Lot 148
  • 148

Julio González

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Julio González
  • TÊTE AIGUË (MASQUE AIGU)
  • Inscribed Gonzalez, numbered 4/9 and stamped with the foundry mark C. Valsuani Cire Perdue

  • Bronze
  • Height (including base): 15 1/8 in.
  • 38.4 cm

Provenance

Roberta Gonzàlez, Paris
Galerie Chalette, New York, (by 1961)
Mrs. Alan H. Rosenthal, New York (and sold: Christie's, New York, May 11, 1989, lot 344)
Eleanore & Daniel Saidenberg, New York (acquired at the above sale and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 10, 1999, lot 42)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Galerie Chalette, Julio González, 1961, no. 16
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1968 (on loan from Galerie Chalette)

Literature

Vicente Aguilera Cerni, Julio González, Rome, 1962, illustration of another cast pl. V
Fidel Danieli, "Julio González: A Representative Showing at the Landau Gallery," in Artforum, 4, 1965, illustration of another cast p. 29
Henry Galy-Carles, "González, l'homme du fer," in Art vivant, 1970, illustration of another cast
Vicente Aguilera Cerni, Julio González, Barcelona, 1973, no. 153, illustration of another cast p. 212
Josephine Withers, Julio González: Sculpture in Iron, New York, 1987, no. 36, illustration of another cast p. 50
Heinz Fuchs, Plastik der Gegenwart, Baden-Baden, 1980, illustration of another cast p. 99
Wolfgang Rainer, "Die Schrift des Eisens im Raum," in Stuttgarter Zeitung, 1983, illustration of another cast n.p.
Jörn Merkert, Julio González, catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 113, illustration of another cast p. 94

Condition

Dark brown patina. Surface is clean. Front corners of stone base appear to have small repairs. Otherwise fine, work is in very good condition.
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