Lot 473
  • 473

Henri Laurens

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Laurens
  • FEMME COUCHÉE
  • inscribed with the artist's monogram and numbered 3/6

  • bronze
  • length: 22.5cm., 8 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner

Literature

Marthe Laurens, Henri Laurens, Sculpteur 1885-1954, Paris, 1955, no. IV/20, illustration of another cast p. 93

Condition

Dark brown patina. There is some patina rubbing, mainly to the head of the figure and the raised knee. There are small spots of vert-de-gris mainly to the back left of the base. This work is in good condition.
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