EMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)

Lot 284
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Lot 284 | EMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)
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£ 20 000 – 30 000
EMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)
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).
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