Lot Essay
This sculpture constitutes one figure of an embracing couple titled Les amoureux (Intimité de deux torses) (S.Lecombre, op.cit., no. 494).
Details
Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967)
Adolescente
signed and numbered on the top of the base 'Zadkine 4/8', inscribed with foundry mark on the back of the base 'Susse Fondeur Paris'-- polished bronze
Height: 50 5/8in. (128.5cm.)
Original wood version executed 1957-1959; this bronze version cast posthumously in 1972, number four in an edition of eight with four artist's proofs
Adolescente
signed and numbered on the top of the base 'Zadkine 4/8', inscribed with foundry mark on the back of the base 'Susse Fondeur Paris'-- polished bronze
Height: 50 5/8in. (128.5cm.)
Original wood version executed 1957-1959; this bronze version cast posthumously in 1972, number four in an edition of eight with four artist's proofs
Provenance
Jeffrey Loria, New York
Weintraub Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1984)
Weintraub Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1984)
Literature
intro. M.-C. Dane, Musée Zadkine, Sculptures, Paris, 1982, no. 190 (another cast illustrated, p. 159)
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine, L'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, no. 496 (another cast illustrated, p. 547)
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine, L'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, no. 496 (another cast illustrated, p. 547)
Exhibited
Paris, Musée Rodin, Hommage à Zadkine, Nov., 1972, no. 132 (illustrated). The exhibition traveled to Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne, 1972-1973.