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The Wrestlers
Details
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915)
The Wrestlers
signed and numbered 'HBrodzky imp. 6/50' (lower left); inscribed 'H.Gaudier-Brzeska del.st sc.' (lower right)
linocut on paper
8 ¾ x 10 ¾ in. (22.2 x 27.3 cm.)
Conceived circa 1914 and printed posthumously by Horace Brodzky in an edition of 50.
The Wrestlers
signed and numbered 'HBrodzky imp. 6/50' (lower left); inscribed 'H.Gaudier-Brzeska del.st sc.' (lower right)
linocut on paper
8 ¾ x 10 ¾ in. (22.2 x 27.3 cm.)
Conceived circa 1914 and printed posthumously by Horace Brodzky in an edition of 50.
Provenance
with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by Lord Croft in 1981.
His sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 4 July 2002, lot 468, where purchased by Dr Jeffrey Sherwin.
His sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 4 July 2002, lot 468, where purchased by Dr Jeffrey Sherwin.
Literature
H. Brodzky, Henri Gaudier Brzeska, London, 1933, p. 129, another impression illustrated.
S. Levy and T. Pirsig-Marshall (ed.), exhibition catalogue, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, Leeds, City Art Gallery, 2009, p. 152, illustrated.
S. Levy and T. Pirsig-Marshall (ed.), exhibition catalogue, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, Leeds, City Art Gallery, 2009, p. 152, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Faber & Faber, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska 1891-1915, 1933, no. 1, another impression exhibited.
London, Leicester Galleries, Gaudier-Brzeska, October 1962, no. 46, another impression exhibited.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, July – November 2009, exhibition not numbered.
London, Leicester Galleries, Gaudier-Brzeska, October 1962, no. 46, another impression exhibited.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, July – November 2009, exhibition not numbered.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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