JULIO GONZÁLEZ (1876-1942)

Details
JULIO GONZÁLEZ (1876-1942)
Masque Montserrat criant
signed, numbered and inscribed on the base 'By Gonzalez 6/6 Susse Fondeur Paris'--bronze
Height: 12 in. (30.5 cm.)
Forged iron model executed 1938-39; this bronze edition cast at a later date marked as follows 1-6, 0, 00, EA, HC and one marked M.E.A.C. Madrid for the Donaciôn González.
Provenance
Galerie Chalette, New York
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin on Nov. 14, 1961
Literature
E. Trier, Moderne Plastik, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1954, p. 68
J.E. Cirlot, "El escultor Julio González", Goya, Jan.-Feb., 1955, no. 4, pp. 206-212 (another cast illustrated, fig. 13)
J. Camon Azuar, Picasso y el Cubismo, Madrid, 1956, p. 284 (another cast illustrated, p. 194)
L. Degand, González, Munich, 1957, fig. 16 (another cast illustrated)
A. del Castillo, "Julio González, Aprisionador del Espacio," El Diario de Barcelona, 8.v., 1960 (another cast illustrated)
M. Seuphor, Sculpture of this Century, New York, 1960, p. 80 (another cast illustrated, p. 11)
B. Martin, "Homage to González", Time Magazine, Nov. 17, 1961, p. 68 (another cast illustrated)
V. Aguilera Cerni, Julio González, Rome, 1962, pl. 11 (another cast illustrated)
H. Read, A Concise History of Modern Sculpture, New York, 1964, p. 65, fig. 59 (another cast illustrated)
M.N. Pradel de Grandry, Julio González, Milan, 1966, fig. XV (another cast illustrated)
M.N. Pradel de Grandry, "La Donation González au Musée National d'Art Moderne", La Revue du Louvre, 1966, no. 1, pp. 1-16, no. 55 (forged iron illustrated, pl. 25)
J. Canaday, "Art: Concise Survey of Julio González, Sculpture on view at Saidenberg Gallery", The New York Times, March 29, 1969
A.M. Hammacher, The Evolution of Modern Sculpture, Tradition and Innovation, London, 1969, p. 207
V. Aguilera Cerni, Julio González, Mardrid, 1971, p. 35 (another cast illustrated)
V. Aguilera Cerni, Julio, Joan, Roberta González, Itenerario de una dinastia, Barcelona, 1973, no. 231 (another cast illustrated, p. 273) "Centario de Julio González", Guadalimar, June 10, 1976, no. 14, p. 55 (another cast illustrated)
J. Withers, Julio González, Sculpture in Iron, New York, 1978, p. 92, no. 119 (another cast illustrated)
J. Merkert, Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, p. 269, no. 235 (forged iron illustrated, p. 270)
Exhibited
New York, Galerie Chalette, Julio González, Oct.-Nov., 1961