Lot 153
  • 153

BALTASAR LOBO | Le Rêve, grand

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Baltasar Lobo
  • Le Rêve, grand
  • signed Lobo, numbered 6/8 and inscribed with the foundry mark Susse Frères Paris
  • bronze
  • height: 74cm., 29 1/8 in.
  • Conceived in 1989 and cast in bronze by Susse Frères Foundry Paris in a numbered edition of 8, plus 4 artist's proofs. The present work was cast in 1990.

Provenance

Leandro Navarro Gallery, Madrid
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991

Literature

Lobo (exhibition catalogue), Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, 1989, no. 79, illustration of another cast
30 artistas (exhibition catalogue), Galeria Freites, Caracas, 1990, no. 18, illustration of another cast n.p.
Escultura Contemporanea (exhibition catalogue), Galeria Freites, Caracas, 1990, no. 18, illustration of another cast n.p.
Lobo. Skulpturen, Zeichnungen (exhibition catalogue), Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz & Kunsthalle Tübingen, 1992, illustration of another cast p. 75
Baltasar Lobo. La Perennidad de la Escultura: un problema primordial (exhibition catalogue), Galeria Freites, 2005, no. 18, illustration of another cast p. 105

Condition

The bronze is sound with a rich black patina. There is some pitting in places commensurate with the casting process, notably to the top of the figure's shoulders. There is a small surface scratch to the patina on the figure's lower back. There is small area of pitting with associated loss to the surface on the ankle of the bent leg. This work is in overall very good condition.
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