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Émile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)

Lot 488
21.10.2023 14:30UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 488 | Émile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
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Émile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)

Beethoven, Grand masque tragique

inscrit '4eme Etude de Beethoven 1901 BOURDELLE' (sur le côté droit); signé, numéroté et avec la marque du fondeur 'M. HOHWILLER. FONDEUR. PARIS. No 2. © BY BOURDELLE' (sur le côté gauche de la base)

bronze à patine brun foncé

Hauteur: 76.7 cm.

Conçu en 1901; cette épreuve fondue après 1929 dans une édition de 10 exemplaires



inscribed '4eme Etude de Beethoven 1901 Bourdelle' (on the right side); signed, numbered and with the foundry mark 'M. HOHWILLER. FONDEUR. PARIS. No 2. © BY BOURDELLE' (on the left side of the base)

bronze with dark brown patina

Height: 30 ¼ in.

Conceived in 1901; this bronze cast after 1929 in an edition of 10





Provenance

Sam Josefowitz, Pully (avant 1966).

Puis par descendance aux propriétaires actuels.



Literature

P. Descargues, Bourdelle, Paris, 1954, p. 23 (une autre épreuve illustrée).

M. Dufet, Le Drame de Beethoven vécu par Bourdelle, Paris, 1966, p. 14 (illustré, pl. 19 et 20).

I. Jianou et M. Duffet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1984, p. 75, no. 98 (une autre épreuve illustrée, pl. 17).



Exhibited

(prêt) Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario.



Further details

Anecdote ou légende, Bourdelle enfant fut saisi par sa propre ressemblance avec un portrait du compositeur, découvert fortuitement dans la vitrine d'un libraire de Montauban. De cette première rencontre naquit un projet conçu dès l'âge de quinze ans : « dresser le Beethoven que j'entends et que j'admire de toute mon âme ».
La figure de Beethoven accompagne Bourdelle tout au long de sa carrière, du début des années 1880 - années de formation - jusqu'à sa mort en 1929. […] En s'identifiant à la figure de Beethoven, Bourdelle assume la condition du créateur en souffrance, les affres du génie confronté à la force de son destin.
Stéphane Ferrand (site du Musée Bourdelle)

Whether it be an anecdote or a legend, Bourdelle, as a child, was struck by his own resemblance to a portrait of the composer, discovered by chance in the window of a Montauban bookseller. From this first encounter was born a project conceived at the age of fifteen: "to draw up the Beethoven that I hear and admire with all my soul ». The figure of Beethoven accompanied Bourdelle throughout his career, from the early 1880s - his formative years - until his death in 1929. […] By identifying himself with the figure of Beethoven, Bourdelle assumed the condition of the suffering creator, the torments of genius confronted with the force of his destiny.
Stéphane Ferrand (Musée Bourdelle website)
Artist:Emile Antoine Bourdelle (1861 - 1929)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
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