ID 1306153
Lot 243 | HENRI LAURENS (1885-1954)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
Flora
signed with the monogram, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '4/6 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the back)
bronze with brown patina
height: 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.)
length: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Conceived in 1939
Provenance
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris.
Claude Bernard, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1959.
Christine Aubry, Paris.
Galerie Krugier et Cie, Geneva.
Private collection, Europe, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
W. Hofmann, The Sculpture of Henri Laurens, New York, 1970, p. 219 (marble version illustrated p. 202).
S. Kuthy, Henri Laurens, Bern, 1985, no. 73, p. 144 (marble version illustrated p. 145).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Henri Laurens, 1960, no. 19, p. 54 (illustrated p. 19).
| Artist: | Henri Laurens (1885 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures, Statues & Figures, Statuettes |
| Artist: | Henri Laurens (1885 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures, Statues & Figures, Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
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