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Pénélope, grand modèle avec pied et sans fuseau
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Émile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Pénélope, grand modèle avec pied et sans fuseau
signed and dated 'EMILE ANTOINE BOURDELLE 1912', numbered and inscribed with foundry mark 'SUSSE. FONDEUR. PARIS. E.A.2'
bronze with green patina
Height: 94 1/2 in. (240 cm.)
Conceived in 1907; this, the ultimate and largest version conceived in 1912 and cast in 1987 in an edition of eight, plus four artist's proofs
Pénélope, grand modèle avec pied et sans fuseau
signed and dated 'EMILE ANTOINE BOURDELLE 1912', numbered and inscribed with foundry mark 'SUSSE. FONDEUR. PARIS. E.A.2'
bronze with green patina
Height: 94 1/2 in. (240 cm.)
Conceived in 1907; this, the ultimate and largest version conceived in 1912 and cast in 1987 in an edition of eight, plus four artist's proofs
Provenance
Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo.
Private collection, Japan, May 1988.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
Private collection, Japan, May 1988.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
Literature
P. Descargues, Bourdelle, Paris, 1954, p. 27 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou & M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1965, p. 85 (another version illustrated p. 86).
C.M. Lavrillier & M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1979 (a detail of another cast illustrated p. 115, with the full version illustrated p. 116).
I. Jianou & M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1984, no. 319, p. 96.
C. Lemoine, Antoine Bourdelle, Paris, 2004, no. 37 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou & M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1965, p. 85 (another version illustrated p. 86).
C.M. Lavrillier & M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1979 (a detail of another cast illustrated p. 115, with the full version illustrated p. 116).
I. Jianou & M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1984, no. 319, p. 96.
C. Lemoine, Antoine Bourdelle, Paris, 2004, no. 37 (another cast illustrated).
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