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Le retour du fils prodigue
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Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967)
Le retour du fils prodigue
signed and numbered 'O. ZADKINE 0/5 ' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur, Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 46 ½ in. (118.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1952; this bronze version cast in 1962
Le retour du fils prodigue
signed and numbered 'O. ZADKINE 0/5 ' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur, Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 46 ½ in. (118.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1952; this bronze version cast in 1962
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the family of the present owner, by 1964.
Literature
ARK, no. 6, 1961.
J. Cassou, Ossip Zadkine, Amriswil, 1962 (another cast illustrated, pl. 18).
I. Jianou, Zadkine, Paris, 1964, p. 105 (another cast illustrated, pl. 74; dated 1953).
U. Gertz, Ossip Zadkine, Duisburg, 1965, pp. 32 and 63 (another cast illustrated, pls. 36-37; titled Retour de l'enfant prodigue).
Musée Zadkine, ed., Sculptures, Paris, 1989, p. 156, no. 153 (another cast illustrated).
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine, L'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, p. 500, no. 440b (another cast illustrated).
J. Cassou, Ossip Zadkine, Amriswil, 1962 (another cast illustrated, pl. 18).
I. Jianou, Zadkine, Paris, 1964, p. 105 (another cast illustrated, pl. 74; dated 1953).
U. Gertz, Ossip Zadkine, Duisburg, 1965, pp. 32 and 63 (another cast illustrated, pls. 36-37; titled Retour de l'enfant prodigue).
Musée Zadkine, ed., Sculptures, Paris, 1989, p. 156, no. 153 (another cast illustrated).
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine, L'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, p. 500, no. 440b (another cast illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note that the present lot was cast in 1962 and that it was acquired from the artist by the family of the present owner by 1964.
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