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Property of a Private European Collector

Joseph Csaky

Adam et Eve

Auction Closed

March 2, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Joseph Csaky

1888 - 1971


Adam et Eve

inscribed CSAKY

marble

Height (with base): 55cm., 21⅝in.

Carved in 1933; this work is unique.

Galerie les Quatre Mouvements, Paris (acquired from the artist)
Félix Marcilhac, Paris (acquired from the above on the 23rd of January 1971. Sold: Sotheby's, Paris, Félix Marcilhac, Collection Privée, 11th March 2014, lot 72)
Purchased at the above sale by present owner
René Drouin, 'Salon de l'UAM' in Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Boulogne (Seine), June 1933, illustrated in a photograph p. 93 
Félix Marcilhac, 'Joseph Csaky: A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture' in The Connoisseur, New York, May 1974, no. 9, illustrated p. 16 
Yvonne Brunhammer, Les Grands Styles - Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, illustrated p. 70
Félix Marcilhac, 'Joseph Csaky (1888-1971)' in Encyclopédie Connaissance des Arts, Paris, November 1977, no. 13, illustrated n.p. 
Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste, catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2007, no. 1933-FM.193.a, illustrated p. 357

Paris, Galerie de la Renaissance, IVième Exposition de l'Union des Artistes Modernes, 1933 
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker, Tentoonstelling van ModernKunst (Exhibition of Modern Art)1933, no. 8
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Huinck & Scherjon, Tentoonstelling Van Beeldhouwwerkendoor J. Csaky en Schilderijen door Radda (Exhibition of Sculptures by J. Csaky and paintings by Radda), 1934, no. 43
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Deco, 1971, no. 267, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Musée Bourdelle, Trois Sculpteurs des années 30: Gargallo, Csaky, Lambert-Ruicki, 1977, no. 50, illustrated in the catalogue
Troyes, Musée d'Art Moderne, Csaky: Sculptures - Dessins, 1986, no. 48, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Musée des Arts DécoratifsLes Années UAM (1928-1958), 1988, no. 82, illustrated in the catalogue 
Paris, Galerie Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky (1888-1971) Sculptures Une Vie-Une Oeuvre, 2007
Budapest, Makláry Fine Arts, Gustave Miklos - Joseph Csaky, 2010
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