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Details
BALTASAR LOBO (1910-1993)
Maternité
signed, numbered and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Lobo 4/8 Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the lower edge of the figure)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1947; cast by Susse Fondeur in an edition of eleven numbered 2/8 to 8/8 plus four artist's proofs; this example cast in 1973
Maternité
signed, numbered and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Lobo 4/8 Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the lower edge of the figure)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1947; cast by Susse Fondeur in an edition of eleven numbered 2/8 to 8/8 plus four artist's proofs; this example cast in 1973
Provenance
The artist's studio, Paris.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired in the 1970s, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 2015, lot 512.
Waterhouse & Dodd, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired in the 1970s, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 2015, lot 512.
Waterhouse & Dodd, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016.
Literature
Exh. cat., Lobo, Rétrospective, 1940-1971: 30 ans de sculpture, Maison de la Culture, Bourges, 1971, no. 24, n.p. (another cast illustrated n.p.).
J.-É. Muller, Lobo, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1985, no. 66, n.p. (another cast illustrated; titled 'Mère et enfant').
J.-É. Muller, Lobo, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1985, no. 66, n.p. (another cast illustrated; titled 'Mère et enfant').
Exhibited
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Further Details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Baltasar Lobo catalogue raisonné being prepared by Galería Freites, under no. 4707.
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