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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations

Emile Antoine Bourdelle

Bras gauche du Grand Guerrier (étude pour "le Monument aux morts de Montauban")

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November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 USD

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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations

Emile Antoine Bourdelle

1861 - 1929

Bras gauche du Grand Guerrier (étude pour "le Monument aux morts de Montauban")

stamped © By Bourdelle, inscribed with artist's monogram and numbered II; stamped with the foundry mark A. Valsuani Cire Perdue

bronze

height: 22⅜ in.

56.9 cm.

Conceived in 1889-1900; this example executed after 1929.

Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York
William S. Paley, New York (acquired from the above in 1968)
Acquired by bequest in 1990 by the William S. Paley Foundation

Exh. Cat., Bucharest, The National Museum of Art, Antoine Bourdelle, Passeur de la modernité: Bucarest – Paris, Une Amitié franco-roumaine, 2006, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art and traveling, Antoine Bourdelle, 1861-1929, D’un Siècle à l’autre: l’Eurythmie de la modernité, 2007, n.p. illustration of another cast

New York, The Museum of Modern Art (on loan from 1990)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art; Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art and New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, The William S. Paley Collection, 1992-1994, no. 8, p. 15, illustrated