Lot 117
  • 117

Joseph Csaky

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joseph Csaky
  • Le sommeil
  • Inscribed Csaky, AC (Atelier Csaky), with the foundry mark Blanchet-Fondeur and numbered 2/8 
  • Bronze
  • Height: 29 in.
  • 73.7 cm.

Provenance

Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles
Private collection, Beverly Hills 

Literature

Waldemar George, Csaky, Paris, 1930, illustrated
Donald Karshan, Csaky, Paris, 1973, illustration of the marble p. 94
Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky: du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste. Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2007, illustration of another cast p. 349

Condition

The base of the work is 36 1/4 by 17 1/2 inches. The work has a brown patina. In generally good condiiton aside from surface dirt and dust.
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