.jpg?w=1)
Beethoven dit Métropolitain
Details
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Beethoven dit Métropolitain
signed and inscribed 'Bourdelle Sculpteur' (on the right side), and inscribed with foundry mark and numbered 'c by Bourdelle Susse Fondeur Paris No. 3' (on the left side)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 23 in. (58.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1891-1902; this bronze version cast at a later date
Beethoven dit Métropolitain
signed and inscribed 'Bourdelle Sculpteur' (on the right side), and inscribed with foundry mark and numbered 'c by Bourdelle Susse Fondeur Paris No. 3' (on the left side)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 23 in. (58.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1891-1902; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Musée Bourdelle, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
A. Fontainas, Bourdelle, Paris, 1930, pl. 13 (another bronze version illustrated).
I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1975, p. 73, no. 83 (another cast illustrated, pl. 14).
C.M. Lavrillier and M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1992, p. 221 (another cast illustrated, pls. 127-128).
I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1975, p. 73, no. 83 (another cast illustrated, pl. 14).
C.M. Lavrillier and M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1992, p. 221 (another cast illustrated, pls. 127-128).
Sale room notice
The correct medium is bronze with green and brown patina.