Gorilla

細節

Henri Gaudier Brzeska (1891-1915)
Gorilla
stamped with founders mark and numbered '5/7' (at the lower right edge)
bronze with a black patina
21 in. (53.3 cm.) long
Conceived in October 1912.A single bronze cast was taken by Anton Zwemmer in 1938 from a plaster thought to have then been destroyed but subsequently found broken at Zwemmer's. A numbered edition of 7 was taken before 1973 by Morris Singer Foundry.

出版

M. Levy, Gaudier-Brzeska Drawings and Sculpture, London, 1965, no. 69, p. 28 (another cast illustrated).
R. Cole, Burning to Speak, the life and art of Henri Gaudier Brzeska, Oxford, 1978, p. 63, no. 16, (another cast illustrated).
E. Silber & D. Finn, Gaudier Brzeska Life and Art with a catalogue raisonné of the sculpture, London, 1996, no. 28, pl. 27 (another cast illustrated).

注意事項

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拍品專文

Roger Cole comments on the present work, 'In return for his assistance in decorating his studio, and as a token of the friendship between them, Lovat Fraser gave Gaudier-Brzeska a book of entry passes to the London Zoo. As a result, numerous pen and crayon studies were produced of animals and birds, which in turn provided the stimulus for such sculptures as Gorilla. In this vigorous interpretation the composition and surface modelling are more important than accurate representation. The overall impression of the work is one of strength and assurance, qualities which were soon to be repeated in portrait heads early in 1913' (see R. Cole, loc. cit.).