Lot 48
  • 48

José Maria Sert

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

  • José Maria Sert
  • Etude pour le 'Calvaire', La danse de la mort, 1939 - 1945
  • photograph
Tirage argentique unique d'époque. Inscrit et esquissé au crayon au verso.

Provenance

Atelier de l'artiste
Collection André Jammes

Literature

Silent Partners: Artist and Mannequin from Function to Fetish, cat. expo., Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum/New Haven, Yale University Press, 2014, ill. p. 23 (variante);
José Maria Sert: Le Titan à l'oeuvre, cat. expo., Paris, Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris/Paris-Musées, 2012, ill. p. 189, pl. 148 (variante);
José María Sert: Photographien, cat. expo., Berlin, Georg Kolbe Museum/Amsterdam, Cinubia, 1996, ill. p. 89 (variante).

Condition

This silver print is in very good condition. The corners and edges are slightly worn. With four pinholes near the corners due to the enlargement process. With a few random handling marks and light creases all over visible in raking light only.
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Catalogue Note

Vic, Espagne, troisième projet pour la cathédrale.