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Joseph Csaky

Figure Abstraite Debout

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December 10, 05:57 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

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Joseph Csaky

Figure Abstraite Debout


conceived 1920, cast 1982

number 2 from a posthumous edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs and 2 hors-commerce proofs

executed by Blanchet Fondeur, France

patinated bronze

impressed AC/CSAKY, numbered 2/8 and with the producer's mark

32 1/2 in. (82.5 cm) high

4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm) diameter

Private Collection, United States
Christie's New York, November 2, 1993, lot 177
Geoffrey Beene, New York
Sotheby's New York, The Collection of Geoffrey Beene, September 24, 2005, lot 353
Laurent Negro, Château de Gourdon, France
Christie's Paris, Les Collections du Château de Gourdon, June 30, 2011, lot 323
Waldemar George, Csaky, Paris, 1930, n.p.
Donald Karshan, En marge d'une exposition: les sculptures de Csaky (1888-1971), Paris, 1973, p. 87, no. 14
"Csaky un sculpteur moderne sous-estimé," Connaissance des Arts, November 1977, p. 155
Edith Balas, Joseph Csaky: A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture, Philadelphia, 1998, pp. 54 and 82
Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky, du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste, catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2007, pp. 56, 100 and 321, no. 1920-FM.31/c