Julio González

Roberta González, L'Hay-les-Roses (the artist's daughter)
Galerie de France, Paris
Arthur & Madeleine Lejwa, New York (acquired by 1969)
Artcurial, Paris
Acquired directly from the above in 1989

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Julio González, sculptures, 1952, no. 27 (titled Le Japonais)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum & Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Julio González, 1955, no. 33, illustrated in the catalogue
Bern, Kunsthalle & La Chaux-de-Fonds, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Julio González, 1955, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, The Museum of Modern Art & Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Julio González, 1956, no. 6, illustrated in the catalogue
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange; Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall & Leverkusen, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Julio González, 1957-58, no. 17
Madrid, Sala de Santa Catallina del Ateneo & Barcelona, Palacio del la Virreina, Julio González, 1960, no. 36, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Galerie Chalette, Julio González, 1961, no. 9
Chicago, The Art Club of Chicago, Julio González - Sculptures, Drawings, Collages, 1969, no. 59, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Julio González: A Retrospective, 1983, no. 32, illustrated in the catalogue
Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut & Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Julio González. Plastiken, Zeichnungen, Kunstgewerbe, 1983, no. 34, illustrated in the catalogue

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art, School of Art, Bulletin, Utica, 1962-63, illustrated
Vicente Aguilera Cerni, Julio, Joan, Roberta González - Itinerario de una dinastía, Barcelona, 1973, no. 142, illustrated p. 205 (as dating from circa 1929-30)
Charles Wentinck, Modern and Primitive Art, Oxford, 1974, illustrated fig. 15b
Josephine Withers, Julio González, Sculpture in Iron, New York, 1978, no. 22, illustrated p. 45
Jörn Merkert, Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 73, illustrated p. 54
Julio González (exhibition catalogue), Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 2007, illustrated in a photograph of the artist's home, p. 316

The surface is showing some verdigris and oxidisation, which are inherent to the artist's working process and consistent with the age of the sculpture. This work is in very good condition.
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Fig. 1, The present work in the artist's home in Arcueil, circa 1937-39. Photograph by Marc Vaux. Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris