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Hommage à Chagall
Details
PABLO GARGALLO (1881-1934)
Hommage à Chagall
signed, dated and inscribed 'Hommage à Chagall. P. Gargallo 1933.' (at the back); numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'E. A. 3⁄3' (on the base at the back)
bronze with black patina
height (excluding base): 14 5⁄8 in. (37.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1933 and cast in bronze by Coubertin, Paris, in 1987 in an edition of 7 numbered 1⁄7 to 7⁄7 plus 3 artist’s proofs numbered 1⁄3 to 3⁄3 plus 1 nominative cast, 1 hors commerce and 1 N°0 cast
Hommage à Chagall
signed, dated and inscribed 'Hommage à Chagall. P. Gargallo 1933.' (at the back); numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'E. A. 3⁄3' (on the base at the back)
bronze with black patina
height (excluding base): 14 5⁄8 in. (37.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1933 and cast in bronze by Coubertin, Paris, in 1987 in an edition of 7 numbered 1⁄7 to 7⁄7 plus 3 artist’s proofs numbered 1⁄3 to 3⁄3 plus 1 nominative cast, 1 hors commerce and 1 N°0 cast
Provenance
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris.
Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, by whom acquired from the above.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, and thence by descent.
Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, by whom acquired from the above.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, and thence by descent.
Literature
Minotaure, no. 5, Paris, 5 December 1934.
P. Courthion, Gargallo, Sculptures et dessins, Paris, 1937, no. 44, n.p. (another cast illustrated n.p.; titled 'Portrait de Chagall'; and dated '1932').
J. Palau Fabre, L'âge de fer de la sculpture catalane, Paris, 1959.
P. Courthion & P. Anguera-Gargallo, L'œuvre complet de Pablo Gargallo, Paris, 1973, no. 151, p. 158 (another cast illustrated pp. 158 & 113; titled ‘Portrait de Marc Chagall’).
R. Ordóñez Fernández, Museo Pablo Gargallo, Saragossa, 1988.
R. Ordóñez Fernández, Museo Pablo Gargallo, Saragossa, 1994, p. 176 (another cast illustrated p. 177).
P. Gargallo-Anguera, Pablo Gargallo, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1998, no. 195, pp. 202-204 (another cast illustrated pp. 202 & 204).
P. Courthion, Gargallo, Sculptures et dessins, Paris, 1937, no. 44, n.p. (another cast illustrated n.p.; titled 'Portrait de Chagall'; and dated '1932').
J. Palau Fabre, L'âge de fer de la sculpture catalane, Paris, 1959.
P. Courthion & P. Anguera-Gargallo, L'œuvre complet de Pablo Gargallo, Paris, 1973, no. 151, p. 158 (another cast illustrated pp. 158 & 113; titled ‘Portrait de Marc Chagall’).
R. Ordóñez Fernández, Museo Pablo Gargallo, Saragossa, 1988.
R. Ordóñez Fernández, Museo Pablo Gargallo, Saragossa, 1994, p. 176 (another cast illustrated p. 177).
P. Gargallo-Anguera, Pablo Gargallo, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1998, no. 195, pp. 202-204 (another cast illustrated pp. 202 & 204).
Further details
Pierrette Gargallo-Anguera has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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