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Sapho, petite étude sans base, dite première composition
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EMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)
Sapho, petite étude sans base, dite première composition
signed with cypher (on top of the rock), numbered, stamped with foundry mark and inscribed 'VIII © by Bourdelle C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the side of the rock)
bronze with brown and green patina
height: 10 7⁄8 in. (27.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1887, and cast in bronze by Fonderie Valsuani, Paris, in a numbered edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs
Sapho, petite étude sans base, dite première composition
signed with cypher (on top of the rock), numbered, stamped with foundry mark and inscribed 'VIII © by Bourdelle C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the side of the rock)
bronze with brown and green patina
height: 10 7⁄8 in. (27.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1887, and cast in bronze by Fonderie Valsuani, Paris, in a numbered edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs
Provenance
Rhodia Dufet Bourdelle, Paris.
Probably acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family, circa 1974.
Probably acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family, circa 1974.
Literature
M. Gauthier, Bourdelle, Paris, 1951 (another version illustrated pl. XX; dated '1925').
P. Descargues, Bourdelle, Paris, 1954, p. 74 (another version illustrated; dated '1925').
P. Cannon-Brookes, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, An Illustrated Commentary, London, 1983, pp. 102 & 105 (another version illustrated p. 104).
I. Jianou & M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1984, no. 58, p. 70.
C.M. Lavrillier & N. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1992, no. 103, p. 221 (another version illustrated p.& 143; dated '1925').
P. Descargues, Bourdelle, Paris, 1954, p. 74 (another version illustrated; dated '1925').
P. Cannon-Brookes, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, An Illustrated Commentary, London, 1983, pp. 102 & 105 (another version illustrated p. 104).
I. Jianou & M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1984, no. 58, p. 70.
C.M. Lavrillier & N. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1992, no. 103, p. 221 (another version illustrated p.& 143; dated '1925').
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