Property from the Collection of Carlos Raúl Villanueva
Henri Laurens
Construction (bouteille)
Auction Closed
November 14, 01:23 AM GMT
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Carlos Raúl Villanueva
Henri Laurens
1885 - 1954
Construction (bouteille)
inscribed with the artist's monogram HL and dedicated A C. Villanueva amicalement (on the base)
painted sheet metal and wood assemblage
height: 17 in. 43 cm.
Executed in 1916-17.
Quentin Laurens, holder of the moral rights, has confirmed that this work is recorded in the studio’s archives.
Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Caracas (acquired directly from the artist circa 1952-53)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Les Colecciones Privadas en Venezuela: 57 Obras de la Colección Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Caracas, 1972, no. 27, illustrated
Paris, Centre Pompidou, Henri Laurens: Le Cubisme, Constructions et papiers collés 1915-1919, 1985-86, no. 14, pp. 61 and 117, illustrated and p. 24, illustrated (in photograph of the artist’s home on Boulevard Brune, Paris, dated after 1927)
Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Sofia Ímber, Villanueva El Arquitecto, 1988-89
Marthe Laurens, ed., Henri Laurens, Sculpteur 1885-1954, années 1915-1924, vol. I, Paris, 1955, p. 38, no. 17, illustrated (titled Bouteille et verre; dated 1918 and catalogued with incorrect dimensions)
Gaston Diehl, El Arte Moderno Frances en Caracas, Caracas, 1959, no. 2, p. 26
Macia Pinto, Villanueva: La Síntesis, Caracas, 2013, p. 17, illustrated (in photograph of Villanueva’s Caoma home) and p. 43, illustrated (tiled Botella and dated 1917)
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