Lot 280
280
Property from the Collection of HAROLD and RUTH URIS
Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925)

Femme italienne

Details
Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925)
Femme italienne
signed and numbered on the left leg 'R. DE LA FRESNAYE 3/6', inscribed with foundry mark on the back of the right leg 'Alexis.Rudier Fondeur.Paris'
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 23¾in. (60.4cm.)
Conceived in 1912; this bronze version cast before 1952
Literature
D. Cooper, The Cubist Epoch, New York, 1970, p. 236 (another cast illustrated, p. 237, pl. 285; dated 1911)

Lot Essay

Inspired by the early Cubist paintings of Picasso, de la Fresnaye made a small group of sculptures in order to master the human figure in all its aspects. During this time de la Fresnaye was friendly with sculptor Raymond Duchamp-Villon. The subject of the present work is derived from de la Fresnaye's painting L'italienne de face, 1910 (G. Seligman, Roger de la Fresnaye, with a catalogue raisonné, London, 1969, no. 67; coll. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).