Le Jongleur

Details

ANDRE DERAIN (1880-1954)
Le Jongleur
signed, numbered and inscribed 'AT ANDRE-DERAIN 4⁄11' (on the reverse)
bronze with reddish-brown patina
5 ¼ x 4 5⁄8 in. (13.6 x 11.5 cm.)

Provenance

Alice Derain, Chambourcy (wife of the artist).
Paris Art Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, March 1966); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 18 September 1968, lot 44.
(probably) Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.

Literature

P. Cailler, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté de André Derain, Geneva, 1965, no. 30 (terracotta version illustrated).
André Derain Scultore, exh. cat., Galleria Pieter Coray, Lugano, 1994, p. 121, no. 139 (terracotta version illustrated).

Further details

The Comité André Derain has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Derain returned to sculpture in 1938 after witnessing a tree uprooted by lighting, which gave him the desire to work three-dimensionally. He continued his sculptural practice until 1950. Posthumous editions of his works were cast through the late 1950s to early 1960s under the supervision of Alberto Giacometti.

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