ID 1306179 
Lot 284  | EMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000 
Beethoven, Tête dite Hébrard
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'E. ANTOINE BOURDELLE (6) CIRE PERDUE A.A. HÉBRARD (6)' (on the side of the base); inscribed 'Moi je suis Bacchus qui pressure pour les hommes, le nectar délicieux Beethoven.' (on the front of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
height (including bases): 27 1/8 in. (68.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1901; this version cast in bronze by A. A. Hébrard
Provenance
Musée Bourdelle, Paris.
Private collection, Europe, acquired directly from the above in the 1950s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
H. Hugault, Bourdelle, Tradition ou révolution?, Paris, 1948, pp. 30-31.
M. Dufet, Le drame de Beethoven vécu par Bourdelle, Paris, 1970, p. 14 (another cast illustrated pl. 28).
I. Jianou & M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1984, no. 76, p. 72.
Exhibited
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, De Cézanne à Picasso dans les collections romandes, June - October 1985, no. 89, p.177 (illustrated pp. 99 & 177).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
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| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures, Statues & Figures, Statuettes | 
| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
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| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures, Statues & Figures, Statuettes | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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