Lot Essay
The present work is sold with a rotating stone pedestal. The total height of the sculpture including the pedestal is 69 3/8 in. (176.5 cm.).
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR MARK HAUKOHL
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Le Fruit
Details
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Le Fruit
with artist's cipher (on the back of the left leg); inscribed with foundry mark and numbered 'Susse Fondeur Paris No 6' (on the back of the rock); inscribed '© BY BOURDELLE' (on the right side of the rock)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 51 ½ in. (131 cm.)
Conceived in 1911
Le Fruit
with artist's cipher (on the back of the left leg); inscribed with foundry mark and numbered 'Susse Fondeur Paris No 6' (on the back of the rock); inscribed '© BY BOURDELLE' (on the right side of the rock)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 51 ½ in. (131 cm.)
Conceived in 1911
Provenance
Rhodia Dufet-Bourdelle, France (daughter of the artist).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1975, p. 97, no. 324.
P. Cannon-Brookes, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, An Illustrated Commentary, London, 1983, pp. 43-44 (another cast illustrated, p. 41, fig. 61).
P. Cannon-Brookes, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, An Illustrated Commentary, London, 1983, pp. 43-44 (another cast illustrated, p. 41, fig. 61).
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