Lot Essay
Mrs Rhodia Dufet-Bourdelle has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
.jpg?w=1)
Beethoven aux grands cheveux, grand masque, dit 2ème étude
Details
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Beethoven aux grands cheveux, grand masque, dit 2ème étude
signed with the initials 'EB' (on the right side); signed, numbered, inscribed and stamped with the foundry mark 'I © by Bourdelle A. Valsuani Cire Perdue' (along the left edge); signed again, dated and inscribed 'Etude pour la 3éme sculpture de Beethoven 1889 Ant. Bourdelle' (on the left side)
bronze with dark green patina
Height: 18½in. (47cm.)
Conceived in 1889-1891; this bronze version cast in the 1960s in an edition of eight plus two artist's proofs
Beethoven aux grands cheveux, grand masque, dit 2ème étude
signed with the initials 'EB' (on the right side); signed, numbered, inscribed and stamped with the foundry mark 'I © by Bourdelle A. Valsuani Cire Perdue' (along the left edge); signed again, dated and inscribed 'Etude pour la 3éme sculpture de Beethoven 1889 Ant. Bourdelle' (on the left side)
bronze with dark green patina
Height: 18½in. (47cm.)
Conceived in 1889-1891; this bronze version cast in the 1960s in an edition of eight plus two artist's proofs
Literature
Musée Bourdelle, Sous le signe d'Apollon, Paris, 1959, no. 6 (another cast illustrated).
Charles Slatkin Gallery (ed.), Antoine Bourdelle, New York, 1961 (another cast illustrated p. 29).
I. Jianou & M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1965, no. 72 (another cast illustrated).
M. Dufet, Le drame de Beethoven vécu par Bourdelle, Paris, 1972, p. 14 (another cast illustrated pls. 11-12).
C.M. Lavrillier & M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1979, p. 221, no. 125 (another cast illustrated p. 125).
P. Cannon-Brookes, Emile Antoine Bourdelle, London, 1983, pp. 14-15 & 33-39 (another cast illustrated p. 15, fig. 14).
Charles Slatkin Gallery (ed.), Antoine Bourdelle, New York, 1961 (another cast illustrated p. 29).
I. Jianou & M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1965, no. 72 (another cast illustrated).
M. Dufet, Le drame de Beethoven vécu par Bourdelle, Paris, 1972, p. 14 (another cast illustrated pls. 11-12).
C.M. Lavrillier & M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1979, p. 221, no. 125 (another cast illustrated p. 125).
P. Cannon-Brookes, Emile Antoine Bourdelle, London, 1983, pp. 14-15 & 33-39 (another cast illustrated p. 15, fig. 14).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium