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Bras
Details
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Bras
dated '.15.3.59.' (on the front of the arm); numbered and stamped with foundry mark '5/6 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 7/8 in. (58 cm.)
Conceived in Cannes, 15 March 1959; this bronze version cast shortly thereafter
Bras
dated '.15.3.59.' (on the front of the arm); numbered and stamped with foundry mark '5/6 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 7/8 in. (58 cm.)
Conceived in Cannes, 15 March 1959; this bronze version cast shortly thereafter
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago.
Thomas Arman Fine Art AG., Zurich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Chicago.
Thomas Arman Fine Art AG., Zurich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Du, October 1961, vol. 21 (no. 248 )(another cast illustrated in color on the cover).
R. Penrose, The Sculpture of Picasso, New York, 1967, p. 224, no. 146 (another cast illustrated, p. 159).
G. Mili, Picasso's Third Dimension, New York, 1970, pp. 136-137 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 181).
W. Spies, Picasso Sculpture with a Complete Catalogue, London, 1972, p. 311, no. 555 (illustrated, p. 293).
W. Spies and C. Piot, Picasso, Das plastische Werk, Stuttgart, 1983, p. 397, no. 555 (another cast illustrated, p. 362).
W. Spies and C. Piot, "Catalogue raisonné des sculptures", in Picasso Sculpteur, exh. cat., Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2000, p. 418, no. 555 (another cast illustrated, p. 383).
R. Penrose, The Sculpture of Picasso, New York, 1967, p. 224, no. 146 (another cast illustrated, p. 159).
G. Mili, Picasso's Third Dimension, New York, 1970, pp. 136-137 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 181).
W. Spies, Picasso Sculpture with a Complete Catalogue, London, 1972, p. 311, no. 555 (illustrated, p. 293).
W. Spies and C. Piot, Picasso, Das plastische Werk, Stuttgart, 1983, p. 397, no. 555 (another cast illustrated, p. 362).
W. Spies and C. Piot, "Catalogue raisonné des sculptures", in Picasso Sculpteur, exh. cat., Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2000, p. 418, no. 555 (another cast illustrated, p. 383).