Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)

Beethoven la cravate

Details
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Beethoven la cravate
signed 'A. BOURDELLE' (on the right side of the base); stamped with foundry mark, numbered and inscribed 'Susse Fondeur Paris No 1 BY BOURDELLE' (on the left side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 16 in. (41.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1890; this bronze version cast circa 1960
Provenance
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York (acquired by the present owner, circa 1960).
Literature
I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1975, p. 72, no. 74.