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PROPERTY FROM A PRESTIGIOUS PRIVATE COLLECTION
OSSIP ZADKINE (1890-1967)
Les deux amis (Les deux amies)
Details
OSSIP ZADKINE (1890-1967)
Les deux amis (Les deux amies)
signed with the initials and numbered 'OZ 3⁄6' (on the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the side of the base)
bronze
height: 24 ¼ in. (61.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1952, and cast in bronze by Susse Fondeur, Paris, in 1964, in an edition of 6
Les deux amis (Les deux amies)
signed with the initials and numbered 'OZ 3⁄6' (on the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the side of the base)
bronze
height: 24 ¼ in. (61.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1952, and cast in bronze by Susse Fondeur, Paris, in 1964, in an edition of 6
Provenance
Edgardo Acosta Gallery, Ltd., Beverly Hills; sale, Sotheby's, Los Angeles, 26 February 1974, lot 203.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
O. Zadkine, 'Ma sculpture', in Civiltà delle macchine, January-February 1963, p. 43 (terracotta version illustrated; titled 'Les amies' and dated '1958').
I. Jianou, 'Zadkine l'artiste et le poète', in Journal Artcurial, May 1979, no. 391.
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine, L'œuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, no. 438, p. 498 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou, 'Zadkine l'artiste et le poète', in Journal Artcurial, May 1979, no. 391.
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine, L'œuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, no. 438, p. 498 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ossip Zadkine, Skulpturen, Tapisserien, Zeichnungen, September - October 1965, no. 78, p. 21.
Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Hommage à Zadkine, October 1972 - January 1973, no. 29 (illustrated; titled 'Deux amis').
Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Hommage à Zadkine, October 1972 - January 1973, no. 29 (illustrated; titled 'Deux amis').
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Katarina Stojanovic
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