Allégorie
Details
Henri Laurens (1885-1954)
Allégorie
signed with the monogram, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'HL 5/6 C.VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with mid-brown patina
Length: 25 5/8 in. (65 cm.)
Conceived in 1945 and cast in an edition of six
Allégorie
signed with the monogram, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'HL 5/6 C.VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the back of the base)
bronze with mid-brown patina
Length: 25 5/8 in. (65 cm.)
Conceived in 1945 and cast in an edition of six
Provenance
Acquired by the family of the present owner between 1960 and 1970.
Literature
W. Hofmann, Henri Laurens, Sculptures, Teufen, 1970, p. 34 (illustration of a photograph taken by Brassaï in 1946, showing the artist in his studio with the plaster maquette of the present work).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium