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Tête de boxeur
Details
Henri Laurens (1885-1954)
Tête de boxeur
signed with the initials and numbered 'H.L. No. 4' (on the inside of the base)
terracotta
Height: 9 7/8 in. (25.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1920
Tête de boxeur
signed with the initials and numbered 'H.L. No. 4' (on the inside of the base)
terracotta
Height: 9 7/8 in. (25.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1920
Provenance
Galerie Simon, Paris (no. 6105).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner in the 1950s or 1960s.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner in the 1950s or 1960s.
Literature
W. Hofmann, The Sculpture of Henri Laurens, New York, 1970, p. 83 (stone version illustrated).
S. Kuthy, Henri Laurens 1885-1954, Fribourg, 1985, no. 21 (another cast illustrated p. 71).
S. Kuthy, Henri Laurens 1885-1954, Fribourg, 1985, no. 21 (another cast illustrated p. 71).
Exhibited
Venice, XXV Biennale di Venezia, 1950, p. 409, no. 23.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Carl Gemzells samling, 1996 (illustrated p. 57).
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Carl Gemzells samling, 1996 (illustrated p. 57).
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