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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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Catalogue Information

Auction House

Sotheby's

Auction Title

Impressionist and Modern Art

Auction Date

2006

Location

USA

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