'VISAGE OVOIDE', CIRCA 1940, LATER CAST

Details

JOSEPH CSAKY (1888-1971)
'VISAGE OVOIDE', CIRCA 1940, LATER CAST
patinated bronze
12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) high
signed CSAKY, 1/8, impressed foundry mark Fondeur Valsani

Literature

Csaky un Sculpteur Moderne sous Estimé, Connaissance des Arts, November 1977, p. 155, another design illustrated;
F. Marcilhac, Csaky, Paris, p. 364, n. c. 1941-FM.232/b, another example illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Another example exhibited:
Musée Rodin, Paris, 4e Exposition Internationale du Petit Bronze, Sculpteurs en France de Rodin à nos Jours, 1975, no. 26;
Musée Bourdelle, Paris, Trois Sculpteurs des Années Trente, Gargallo, Csaky, Lambert-Rucki, 2007, no. 37;
Musée d'Art Moderne, Troyes, Csaky-Sculptures-Dessins, 1986, no. 27.

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