Lot 152
  • 152

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
  • women carrying sacks
  • signed with monogram; also inscribed with initials HB
  • bronze with a black patina
  • 35.5 by 29cm.; 14 by 11¼in.
  • Conceived circa 1912-3, the present piece is one of two works cast by Horace Brodzky in the 1930s.

Exhibited

Cambridge, 36 Bridge Street, Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture by Contemporary Artists, 9th - 25th November 1933, cat. no.4, as Bronze plaque (another cast);
Cambridge, Kettle's Yard Gallery, WE the Moderns: Gaudier-Brzeska and the Birth of Modern Sculpture, 20th January - 18th March 2007, cat. no.3, illustrated p.49 (another cast), with tour to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery.

Literature

Horace Brodzky, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, London, 1932;
Mervyn Levy, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Drawings and Sculpture, New York, 1965, p.29, illustrated pl.74 (another cast);
Roger Cole, Burning to Speak: The Life and Art of Gaudier-Brzeska, Phaidon, Oxford, 1978, cat. no.15, p.62, illustrated (another cast);
Evelyn Silber, Gaudier-Brzeska: Life and Art, Thames and Hudson, London, 1996, cat. no.40, p.260, illustrated pl.40 (another cast).

Condition

Dirt has gathered in some of the crevices and there are a number of small abrasions to the patination, most obvious is the small scratch tho the sacks above the figure on the right. Otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. If you have any questions about the present work please contact the department on 0207 293 6424.
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