Emile-antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929, French)
Tête de la Vierge 1921 (cast 1973)
Estimate: $26000 - 35000
Description
Emile-antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929, French)
Tête de la Vierge 1921 (cast 1973)
bronze
38.0 cm height
signed, numbered and stamped with Clementi foundry mark
edition: 1/10
Provenance:
Musée Bourdelle, France, until 1981
Collection of Ruth Prowse, Canberra
Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
Collector's Choice, Gallery Huntly, Canberra, 9 March - 9 April 1985
Ruth Prowse - Thirty Years of Collecting, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 1 April - 16 May 2004
Related Works:
Vierge à l'Offrande, 1920, marble, 67.0 x 25.5 x 16.0 cm, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne collection, France
La Vierge à l'Offrande (The Virgin of the Offering), 1921, bronze, 250.0 x 90.0 x 70.0 cm, Art Gallery of South Australia collection, Adelaide
La Vierge à l'Offrande, 1919-23, bronze, 300.0 cm height, Musée Bourdelle collection, France
Estimate: $26000 - 35000