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Lot 320
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Henri Laurens

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henri Laurens
  • Jeunesse
  • inscribed HL, numbered 1/6, and stamped with the foundry mark C Valsuani Cire Perdue
  • bronze
  • length: 44.5cm., 17 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Fine Art Associates, Inc., New York
Grace Vogel Aldworth Collection (acquired from the above in December 1956; sale: Sotheby's New York, 8th November 2006, lot 493)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Fine Arts Associates, Henri Laurens: Sculpture, 1958, no. 17, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Henri Laurens 1885-1954, Deutschland-Schweiz 1955-1956 (exhibition catalogue), Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, Cologne, 1955, no. 50, illustration of another cast n.p.
Henri Laurens (exhibition catalogue), Grand Palais, Paris, 1967, illustration of another cast no. 108

Condition

Attractive brown/gold patina. Apart from some light patina wear and surface scratches, consistent with age and handling, this work is in overall very good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate though the patina is more gold and less red in the original.
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