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SOLD WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART TO BENEFIT ACQUISITION FUNDS
OSSIP ZADKINE (1890-1967)
Niobé
Details
OSSIP ZADKINE (1890-1967)
Niobé
signed 'O. ZADKINE' (on the top of the base)
carved pear-tree wood on concrete base
Height (including base): 98 ¾ in. (250.9 cm.)
Carved in 1929; unique
Niobé
signed 'O. ZADKINE' (on the top of the base)
carved pear-tree wood on concrete base
Height (including base): 98 ¾ in. (250.9 cm.)
Carved in 1929; unique
Provenance
La France Art Institute (Bernard Davis), Philadelphia (acquired from the artist, circa 1938-1939).
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 1944.
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 1944.
Literature
A. de Ridder, Zadkine, Paris, 1929, no. 26 (illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, pl. 26; detail illustrated, pl. 27; dated 1928).
V.D. Eeckhout, "Ossip Zadkine" in Wendingen, 1929, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 15 (detail illustrated; dated 1926).
Ossip Zadkine, exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1933 (detail illustrated on the cover).
P. Haesaerts, Ossip Zadkine: La sculpture ailée, Amsterdam, 1939 (detail illustrated on the cover; dated 1926).
D. Chevalier, Zadkine: Sculptures, Paris, 1949 (detail illustrated; dated 1930).
R. Cogniat, Zadkine, Paris, 1958, pl. 9 (detail illustrated, dated 1930).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Sculpture Checklist of the 19th & 20th Centuries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art" in Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin, spring 1961, vol. LVI, p. 82, no. 235 (dated circa 1925).
J. Langner, Ossip Zadkine: Mahnmal für Rotterdam, Stuttgart, 1963, p. 17 (illustrated, pl. 11; dated 1928).
O. Zadkine, Le maillet et le ciseau: Souvenirs de ma vie, Paris, 1968, p. 109.
I. Jianou, Zadkine, Paris, 1979, pp. 10 and 72, no. 180 (illustrated, pl. 18).
C. Lichtenstern, Ossip Zadkine: der Bildhauer und seine Ikonographie, Berlin, 1980, pp. 56, 77 and 228, no. 27 (illustrated, pl. 13; dated 1926-1928).
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine: L'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, pp. 204 and 250, no. 205 (illustrated in situ in the artist's studio; dated 1928).
V.D. Eeckhout, "Ossip Zadkine" in Wendingen, 1929, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 15 (detail illustrated; dated 1926).
Ossip Zadkine, exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1933 (detail illustrated on the cover).
P. Haesaerts, Ossip Zadkine: La sculpture ailée, Amsterdam, 1939 (detail illustrated on the cover; dated 1926).
D. Chevalier, Zadkine: Sculptures, Paris, 1949 (detail illustrated; dated 1930).
R. Cogniat, Zadkine, Paris, 1958, pl. 9 (detail illustrated, dated 1930).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Sculpture Checklist of the 19th & 20th Centuries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art" in Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin, spring 1961, vol. LVI, p. 82, no. 235 (dated circa 1925).
J. Langner, Ossip Zadkine: Mahnmal für Rotterdam, Stuttgart, 1963, p. 17 (illustrated, pl. 11; dated 1928).
O. Zadkine, Le maillet et le ciseau: Souvenirs de ma vie, Paris, 1968, p. 109.
I. Jianou, Zadkine, Paris, 1979, pp. 10 and 72, no. 180 (illustrated, pl. 18).
C. Lichtenstern, Ossip Zadkine: der Bildhauer und seine Ikonographie, Berlin, 1980, pp. 56, 77 and 228, no. 27 (illustrated, pl. 13; dated 1926-1928).
S. Lecombre, Ossip Zadkine: L'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1994, pp. 204 and 250, no. 205 (illustrated in situ in the artist's studio; dated 1928).
Exhibited
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Living Artists: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, November 1931-January 1932.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, International Exhibition of Sculpture, May-September 1933, no. 357.
New York, Brummer Gallery, Zadkine, January-March 1937, no. 33.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, International Exhibition of Sculpture, May-September 1933, no. 357.
New York, Brummer Gallery, Zadkine, January-March 1937, no. 33.
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