Henri Laurens (1885-1954)
La Corbeille
signed with monogram, numbered and stamped with foundry mark '2/6 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE’ (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 11 5/8 in. (29.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1939
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Galerie Pierre Baltensperger, Zurich. Acquired from the above by the present owner, January 1969.
Literature
W. Hofmann, The Sculpture of Henri Laurens, New York, 1970 (another cast illustrated, pls. 182-183).