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Petite Vénus
Details
Julio González (1876-1942)
Petite Vénus
signed and numbered '© Gonzalez 0/6' (at the back)
bronze with brown patina
Height (excluding base): 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)
Height (including base): 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Conceived circa 1936-1937 and cast at a later date in an edition of six plus four casts numbered 0, 00, EA and HC and a further cast marked MAM, Barcelona for the Donación González
Petite Vénus
signed and numbered '© Gonzalez 0/6' (at the back)
bronze with brown patina
Height (excluding base): 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)
Height (including base): 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Conceived circa 1936-1937 and cast at a later date in an edition of six plus four casts numbered 0, 00, EA and HC and a further cast marked MAM, Barcelona for the Donación González
Provenance
Robert Giron, Brussels, a gift from the artist's wife circa 1954-55; sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1999, lot 196.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J.E. Cirlot, 'El Escultor Julio González', in Goya, Madrid, January - February 1955, no. 4, pp. 206-212 (another cast illustrated no. 11, p. 210).
M.N. Pradel de Grandy, 'La Donation González au Musée National d'Art Moderne', in La Revue du Louvre, Paris, 1966, pp. 1-16, no. 53.
V. Aguilera Cerni, Julio, Joan, Roberta González - Itinerario de una dinastía, Barcelona, 1973, no. 443 (another cast illustrated p. 337).
J. Merkert, Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 221 (another cast illustrated p. 249).
M.N. Pradel de Grandy, 'La Donation González au Musée National d'Art Moderne', in La Revue du Louvre, Paris, 1966, pp. 1-16, no. 53.
V. Aguilera Cerni, Julio, Joan, Roberta González - Itinerario de una dinastía, Barcelona, 1973, no. 443 (another cast illustrated p. 337).
J. Merkert, Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 221 (another cast illustrated p. 249).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium