Lot 430
  • 430

Baltasar Lobo

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Baltasar Lobo
  • Jeune fille
  • inscribed Lobo, inscribed E.A. and stamped with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris
  • bronze
  • height: 38cm., 15in.

Provenance

Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1985

Literature

Joseph-Émile Muller, Lobo. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté, Lausanne, 1985, no. 247, illustration of another cast n.p.

Condition

Mottled green-brown and lighter green patina. There are some very minor nicks to the surface, including one visible on the figure's left knee. There is some surface dirt in the crevices and some evidence of oxidisation, particularly visible to the reverse. Otherwise this work is in very good condition.
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