Julio González

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 USD

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Description

Julio González
Tête dite "L'apôtre"
Inscribed J. Gonzalez ©, numbered 4/6, and stamped with the foundry mark E. GODARD CIRE PERDUE
Bronze
Height: 13 in.
33 cm

Provenance

Succession González, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Private Collection, Switzerland

Exhibited

Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle Galerie Recklinghausen, Julio González: Plastik und Zeichnung, 2001, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

José Camon Azuar, Picasso y el Cubismo, Madrid, 1956, no. 187, illustration of another cast p. 277
Vicente Aguilera Cerni, Julio Gonzàlez, Rome, 1962, no. XLIV
Marie N. Pradel de Grandry, Julio Gonzàlez (I Maestri della scultura, vol. 25), Milan, 1966, no. IX
Vicente Aguilera Cerni, Julio, Joan, Roberta Gonzàlez – Itinerario de una dinastia, Barcelona, 1973, no. 444, illustration of another cast
p. 337
Josephine Withers, Julio Gonzàlez, Sculpture in Iron, New York, 1978, no. 67
Jörn Merkert, Julio González: Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 161, illustration of the wood and iron version p. 170

Condition

Reddish- and greenish-brown patina. Apart from some extremely minor surface dirt, work is in excellent condition.
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