Lot Essay
This sculpture is a study for the horse in Le monument au Genéral Alvear, erected in 1925 in the Plaza de la Recoleta, Buenos Aires.
Property from the Collection of
ALICE TULLY
Emile Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Details
Emile Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Cheval sans selle
inscribed with cipher, stamped and numbered on the back of the base '© by Bourdelle A. Valsuani Cire Perdue V'--bronze with dark green patina
Height: 17in. (43.2cm.)
Original version executed in 1915; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist circa 1962, number five in an edition of eight with two artist's proofs
Cheval sans selle
inscribed with cipher, stamped and numbered on the back of the base '© by Bourdelle A. Valsuani Cire Perdue V'--bronze with dark green patina
Height: 17in. (43.2cm.)
Original version executed in 1915; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist circa 1962, number five in an edition of eight with two artist's proofs
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Literature
I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1975, p. 121, no. 566