Lot 39
  • 39

Gustave Miklos

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Description

  • Gustave Miklos
  • Deux furets, 1931
  • Chacune signée G Miklos sur la patte arrière gauche
  • bronze and marble
  • Hauteur : 12,2 cm (4 3/4 in.) Largeur : 38 cm (15 in.) Profondeur : 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
paire de poignées de porte en bronze ciselé et argenté, fixées séparément sur une base postérieure en labradorite ; on y joint les plaques de fixation d'origine

Provenance

Jacques André, Neuilly sur Seine
Vente Maître Francis Briest, Paris, 22 novembre 1984, lot 49

Exhibited

Budapest, Makláry Fine Arts, Gustave Miklos . Joseph Csaky, 2010

Literature

Gustave Miklos sculpteur, 1888-1967, catalogue d'exposition, Galerie l'Enseigne du Cerceau, 25 octobre-30 novembre, Paris, 1972, le dessin original signé et daté 9.6.31 reproduit n. 38, n.p.
Félix Marcilhac, Connoisseur's Choice, The Staste, n. 1, septembre-octobre 1990, reproduit p. 71
Félix Marcilhac, Gustave Miklos . Joseph Csaky, catalogue d’exposition, Kálmán Makláry Fine Arts, éd. Kiadó Makláry Artworks, Paris, Budapest, 2010, reproduit p. 42, décrit p. 108

Condition

Bon état général. Des usures de la patine argent sur le corps, plus marquées sur le furet droit (poignée droite), mais aussi, plus légères, le long des yeux, du nez, des pattes.. Traces d'oxydation de la patine argent et petites piqûres au métal disséminées sur le corps. Les bases modernes en labradorite en bon état, avec quelques petits chocs sur les arêtes.. Good overall condition. With wear of the patina on the two animals, concentrated to the right side (right handle) along the central part of the body but also some additional rubbing to the patina to the eyes, noses and legs. Some scattered pitting to the metal and oxidation. The bases, not original, with a few tiny chips along the edges
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