Baltasar Lobo (1910-1993)
Jeune fille
signed and numbered 'Lobo 4/8' (on the back); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the right side)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 14 ¾ in. (37.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1968; this bronze version cast in 1969-1970
Provenance
Galería Theo, Valencia. Anon. (acquired from the above, circa 1975); sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 2015, lot 457. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J.-E. Müller and V. Bollmann-Müller, Lobo: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Lausanne, 1985, no. 247 (another cast illustrated; dated 1967-1968).