Details
JULIO GONZALEZ (1876-1942)
Petite femme assise
inscribed and numbered on the front '© By R Gonzalez 0/9'--inscribed on the back 'Susse fondr Paris'--bronze with black patina
Length: 8 7/8in. (22.6cm.)
Original plaster version executed circa 1932; this bronze version cast posthumously by the estate of the artist in an edition of nine plus four casts stamped 0, 00, E.A. and H.C.
Petite femme assise
inscribed and numbered on the front '© By R Gonzalez 0/9'--inscribed on the back 'Susse fondr Paris'--bronze with black patina
Length: 8 7/8in. (22.6cm.)
Original plaster version executed circa 1932; this bronze version cast posthumously by the estate of the artist in an edition of nine plus four casts stamped 0, 00, E.A. and H.C.
Provenance
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1969)
Literature
V. Aguilea Cerni, Julio, Joan, Roberta González--itinerario de una dinastia, Barcelona, 1973, no. 167 (another cast illustrated, p. 226)
J. Merkert, Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 136 (another cast illustrated, p. 129)
J. Merkert, Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 136 (another cast illustrated, p. 129)
Exhibited
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Julio Gonzalez, les matériaux de son expression, March-April, 1969, no. 24. The exhibition traveled to Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes and Estudio Actual, June-Aug., 1969; Montreal, Galerie de Montreal, Oct.-Dec., 1969; Zurich, Gimpel and Hanover Galerie, Jan.-Feb., 1970; London, Gimpel Fils, Ltd., March-April, 1970; Essen, Museum Folkwang, June-Sept., 1970; Copenhagen, Musée de Louisiana, Sept.-Oct., 1070; Paris, Galerie du France, Nov.-Dec., 1970.