Sotheby's: Impressionist and Modern Art: Lot 10
ÉMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE 1861-1929
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BEETHOVEN AUX GRANDS CHEVEUX
BEETHOVEN AUX GRANDS CHEVEUX
measurements
height 23 1/4 in.
alternate measurements
59.1 cm
inscribed Bourdelle Sculpt and moi je suis Bacchus qui pressure pour les hommes le nectar délicieux, Beethoven and stamped with the foundry mark Fdnrie Nle des Bronzes, J Petermann, St Gilles, Bruxelles
Bronze, green patina
PROVENANCE
Private Collection
LITERATURE
Ionel Jianou and Michel Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1978, no. 76, catalogued p. 74
Carol Marc Lavrillier, Michel Dufet, Bourdelle et la Critique de son Temps, Paris, 1992, illustration of another cast p. 125
NOTE
Conceived between 1889-91, the present work is one of two variatns cast in addition to an edition of 10 works of the same size bearing a different inscription.
This cast is recorded in the archives of the Museé Bourdelle, Paris.
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