Lot 421
  • 421

Baltasar Lobo

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description

  • Baltasar Lobo
  • Contemplative à genoux
  • inscribed Lobo, numbered 4/8, and stamped with the foundry mark Susse. Fondeur. Paris
  • bronze
  • height: 98.1cm., 38 5/8 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1995

Literature

Baltasar Lobo (exhibition catalogue), Galeria Freites, Caracas, 1993, no. 39, illustration of another cast
Baltasar Lobo, retrospective (exhibition catalogue), Galeria Freites, Caracas, 1999, no. 50, illustration of another cast
Baltasar Lobo (exhibition catalogue), Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, 2011, illustration of another cast

Condition

Attractive mottled green black patina. There is some light surface wear to the base consistent with age and handling, and some dust in the crevices. This work is in overall very good condition.
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