Torse

Details

BALTASAR LOBO (1910-1993)
Torse
signed, numbered and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Lobo 1/9 Susse Fr Paris' (on the back of the figure's legs)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.)
Height including base: 27 ½ in. (70 cm.)
Conceived in 1958; cast in bronze by Susse Fondeur in a numbered edition of eight plus four artist's proofs; this example cast in 1960

Provenance

Galerie Nathan, Zurich, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

J-É. Muller, Lobo, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté, Paris, 1985, no. 165, n.p. (another cast illustrated).

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Villand & Galanis, Lobo: Sculptures, April - May 1962, no. 10 (illustrated).
Berlin, Galerie im Rathaus Tempelhof, Lobo, September - November 1972, no. 21, p. 25 (illustrated p. 30; titled 'Figure debout'); this exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, January - February 1973; and Ulmer, Ulmer Museum, May - July 1973.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Further Details

Galería Freites will include this work in their forthcoming Baltasar Lobo catalogue raisonné under the archive number 5801.

Sale Room Notice

Please note the dimensions for this work:
Height: 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.)
Height including base: 27 ½ in. (70 cm.)

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Lot Essay

During his career Lobo was known to have changed the number of the editions of some of his works several times. For Torse he initially planned to produce nine casts, but eventually decided to reduce the size of the edition. This explains why the present lot is numbered '1/9' although the artist decided to cast only eight examples, plus four artist's proofs eventually. Some of the casts in the edition were made with a golden patina, like the present sculpture, while others are patinated in brown.

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