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L'oiseau d'or
Details
Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967)
L'oiseau d'or
signed 'ZADKINE' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'GRANDHOMME-ANDRO Fondeurs.Paris' (on the back of the base)
polished bronze
Height: 33 5/8 in. (85.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1924; this version cast by Grandhomme Andro, the remainder numbered from 2/5 cast by Susse
L'oiseau d'or
signed 'ZADKINE' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'GRANDHOMME-ANDRO Fondeurs.Paris' (on the back of the base)
polished bronze
Height: 33 5/8 in. (85.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1924; this version cast by Grandhomme Andro, the remainder numbered from 2/5 cast by Susse
Provenance
N. Wiegersma, Belgium, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1925, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
A. Salmon, 'La Sculpture vivante', in L'Art vivant, Paris, October 1926, p. 742 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Hommage à Zadkine, Musée Rodin, Paris, 1972, no. 56 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Modern Japanese Art and Paris, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo & Kyoto, 1973 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou, 'Zadkine l'artiste et le poète', in Journal Artcurial, Paris, 1979, no. 95 (another cast illustrated).
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine, L'Oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, no. 139, p. 182 (the painted and gilded plaster version illustrated).
Exh. cat., Hommage à Zadkine, Musée Rodin, Paris, 1972, no. 56 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Modern Japanese Art and Paris, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo & Kyoto, 1973 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou, 'Zadkine l'artiste et le poète', in Journal Artcurial, Paris, 1979, no. 95 (another cast illustrated).
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine, L'Oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, no. 139, p. 182 (the painted and gilded plaster version illustrated).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Sale Room Notice
Please note the provenance of the present lot should read as follows:
J. Mayen, Cap Martin, Roquebrune.
Valentine Prax (the artist's wife).
Wiegersma Collection, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1975.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
J. Mayen, Cap Martin, Roquebrune.
Valentine Prax (the artist's wife).
Wiegersma Collection, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1975.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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