Lot Essay
Pierette Gargallo Anguera has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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Petite faunesse debout
Details
Pablo Gargallo (1881-1934)
Petite faunesse debout
signed with initial, dated, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'P 1908 4/7 BUSATO PARIS CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.)
Conceived in 1908; this bronze version cast between 1932 and 1970
Petite faunesse debout
signed with initial, dated, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'P 1908 4/7 BUSATO PARIS CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.)
Conceived in 1908; this bronze version cast between 1932 and 1970
Provenance
Pierrette Anguera-Gargallo, Paris (daughter of the artist).
Dr. Max Stern, Montreal.
Private collection, Montreal (acquired from the above, 1970).
Dr. Max Stern, Montreal.
Private collection, Montreal (acquired from the above, 1970).
Literature
P. Courthion and P. Gargallo-Anguera, Pablo Gargallo, Milan, 1973, p. 130, no. 23 (another cast illustrated, p. 129; another cast illustrated again, p. 43).