Lot 61
  • 61

Pablo Gargallo

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Pablo Gargallo
  • Petit cheval de cirque
  • numbered 4/7 and bears the artist's monogram
  • bronze
  • height: 17 cm ; 6 3/4 in.

Provenance

Galéria Arturo Ramón, Barcelona
Private Collection, Barcelona
Private Collection, Madrid
By descent to the present owner

Literature

José Camón Aznar & P. Santos Torroella, Gargallo 1881-1934, Madrid, 1971, illustrated p. 93 (another example)
Pierre Courthion & Pierrette Gargallo-Anguera, Pablo Gargallo. Obra completa, Paris 1973, illustrated p. 157 (another example)
José Camón Aznar, Gargallo, Madrid, 1975,  illustrated p. 49 (another example)
Josep Palau i Fabre, Francesc Fontbona, Joan Ainaud et al, Gargallo 1881-1981. Exposición del Centenario, Barcelona, 1981, illustrated p. 145 (another example)
Pierrette Gargallo-Anguera, Pablo Gargallo. Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1998, no. 189, illustrated p. 195 (another example)
Cosme de Barañano et al, Pablo Gargallo, Biarritz, 2004, illustrated p. 326 (another example)

Condition

The bronze is sound with an attractive dark brown patina. There is a light build up of dust in the recesses and some minor wear to the protruding elements. Apart from some minor surface scratches, this work is in very good condition.
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