Lot 384
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BALTASAR LOBO | Moment de bonheur (grand)

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Baltasar Lobo
  • Moment de bonheur (grand)
  • Inscribed Lobo, numbered 2/8 and stamped with the foundry mark Susse Frères Paris
  • Bronze
  • Height: 26 in.
  • 66 cm
  • Conceived in 1990 and cast by the Susse Foundry, Paris in an edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Galería Freites, Caracas
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

Lobo. Skulpturen, Zeichnungen (exhibition catalogue), Neue Galerie der Stadt, Linz & Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, 1992, illustration of another cast p. 16

Condition

Rich black patina. Some surface dust in the deeper crevices. Scattered white accretions on the corner of the base directly below the figure's head. There are a few minor surface scuffs. The sculpture would benefit from a reapplication of a wax coating. The work is in very good condition.
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