Tête Montserrat criant
Details
JULIO GONZÁLEZ (1876-1942)
Tête Montserrat criant
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE GONZALEZ © .H.C. ' (on the side of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 12 ¾ in. (32.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1942; this bronze version cast at a later date
Tête Montserrat criant
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE GONZALEZ © .H.C. ' (on the side of the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 12 ¾ in. (32.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1942; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Galerie de France, Paris.
Private collection (by 1987).
Michael Lang, Los Angeles; Estate sale, Abell Auctions, Los Angeles, 23 September 2023, lot 201.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection (by 1987).
Michael Lang, Los Angeles; Estate sale, Abell Auctions, Los Angeles, 23 September 2023, lot 201.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
V. Aguilera Cerni, González, Itinerario de una dinastía, Barcelona, 1973 (another cast illustrated p. 288).
J. Withers, Julio González: Sculpture in Iron, New York, 1978, p. 93, no. 121 (another cast illustrated).
J. Merkert, Julio González: Catalogue Raisonné, Milan, 1987, no. 249 (plaster version illustrated, pp. 296-297; incorrectly catalogued as cast by the Susse Frères foundry).
J. Withers, Julio González: Sculpture in Iron, New York, 1978, p. 93, no. 121 (another cast illustrated).
J. Merkert, Julio González: Catalogue Raisonné, Milan, 1987, no. 249 (plaster version illustrated, pp. 296-297; incorrectly catalogued as cast by the Susse Frères foundry).
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