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HENRI LAURENS (1885-1954)

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Auction dateClassic
03.03.2023 13:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 908391
Lot 425 | HENRI LAURENS (1885-1954)
HENRI LAURENS (1885-1954)

Femme couchée

bronze with brown patina

length: 16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.)

Conceived in 1929, and cast in bronze during the artist's lifetime





Provenance

Galerie Simon, Paris.

Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, by 1952.

Gertrude Bernoudy, Saint Louis, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's New York, 10 November 1994, lot 443.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Exhibited

New York, Museum of Modern Art, Six Interpretations in Bronze, 1946.

New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Henri Laurens, May - June 1952, no. 10.

London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Henri Laurens, Sculpture and Drawings, September - October 1957, no. 9 (illustrated).



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Artist:Henri Laurens (1885 - 1954)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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