Lot 235
  • 235

BALTASAR LOBO | Torse à la draperie sur socle

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Baltasar Lobo
  • Torse à la draperie sur socle
  • Inscribed Lobo and with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris and numbered EA. 2/3 
  • Bronze
  • Height: 13 3/4 in.
  • 34.9 cm
  • Conceived in 1972-81 and cast in an edition of 8 plus 3 artist's proofs and 1 hors commerce proof; this example cast in 1989 by the Susse Foundry, Paris.

Provenance

Acquired from the studio of the artist by the present owner

Literature

Lobo (exhibition catalogue), Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, 1988, illustration of another cast n.p.
Baltasar Lobo (exhibition catalogue), Museo de arte contemporáneo de Caracas, Caracas, 1989-90, illustration of another cast n.p.

Condition

The work is in very good condition. Attractive reddish brown patina. Some surface dust in the deeper crevices. There is a pindot area of possible verdigris on the figure's proper right thigh.
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