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Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, 1861-1929
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Description
- Émile-Antoine Bourdelle
- GUEULE DE GUERRIER
- inscribed with the cipher and © BY BOURDELLE, stamped with the foundry mark Susse Fondeurs and numbered No.5
- bronze
- height: 28cm.; 11in.
- Originally conceived between 1893 and 1900, this version was cast in bronze in the 1960s.
Provenance
Sale: Galerie Motte, Geneva, 3rd July 1971, lot 36
Purchased from the above by the present owner
Purchased from the above by the present owner
Literature
Carol Marc Lavrillier & Michel Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1992, p. 83, illustration of another example
Catalogue Note
This mask is a study for the Monument des Combattants et Defenseurs du Tarn-et-Garonne commissioned by the citizens of Montauban, the sculptor's birthplace, to honour those who had fought in the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian war.