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Femme couchée
Details
HENRI LAURENS (1885-1954)
Femme couchée
bronze with brown patina
length: 16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1929, and cast in bronze during the artist's lifetime
Femme couchée
bronze with brown patina
length: 16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1929, and cast in bronze during the artist's lifetime
Provenance
Galerie Simon, Paris.
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, by 1952.
Gertrude Bernoudy, Saint Louis, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's New York, 10 November 1994, lot 443.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, by 1952.
Gertrude Bernoudy, Saint Louis, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's New York, 10 November 1994, lot 443.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Six Interpretations in Bronze, 1946.
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Henri Laurens, May - June 1952, no. 10.
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Henri Laurens, Sculpture and Drawings, September - October 1957, no. 9 (illustrated).
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Henri Laurens, May - June 1952, no. 10.
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Henri Laurens, Sculpture and Drawings, September - October 1957, no. 9 (illustrated).
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