Baltasar Lobo (1910-1993)
Jeune fille assise de face
signed and numbered 'Lobo EA. 3/4' (on the top of the base); stamped with foundry mark and inscribed 'RESYRGAM SUSSE FRERES PARIS' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 77¾ in. (197.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1989; this bronze version cast in June 1993
Provenance
Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, April 1999.
Literature
P. de La Perrière, "Baltasar Lobo," Arts Actualités Magazine, no. 14, March 1991, pp. 32-35 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 33).
P. Gurdjian, Femmes Chefs-d'oeuvre, Paris, 1991, p. 218 (another cast illustrated in color).
L. Pythoud, "Susse Frères Fondeur, L'Art et la Manière," L'Oeil, no. 440, April 1992, pp. 58-63 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 61).
Sale Room Notice
Galería Freites will include this work in their forthcoming Baltasar Lobo catalogue raisonné under the archive number 8905.
Please note, the present lot was conceived in 1989 and cast in June 1993.