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Rhodia Dufet Bourdelle has confirmed the authenticity of this bronze.
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Sappho, étude sans base (taille intermédiaire)
Details
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Sappho, étude sans base (taille intermédiaire)
signed, numbered, stamped with foundry mark and inscribed 'Bourdelle I C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE © by Bourdelle' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 25¼ in. (64.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1887
Sappho, étude sans base (taille intermédiaire)
signed, numbered, stamped with foundry mark and inscribed 'Bourdelle I C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE © by Bourdelle' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 25¼ in. (64.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1887
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1989.
Literature
I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1975, p. 70, no. 59.
P. Cannon-Brookes, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, An Illustrated Commentary, London, 1983, pp. 102 and 105 (larger version illustrated, p. 104).
C.M. Lavrillier and N. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1992, p. 221 (larger version illustrated, pp. 103 and 143).
P. Cannon-Brookes, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, An Illustrated Commentary, London, 1983, pp. 102 and 105 (larger version illustrated, p. 104).
C.M. Lavrillier and N. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1992, p. 221 (larger version illustrated, pp. 103 and 143).
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