A Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller Evening Auction
A Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller Evening Auction
La Négresse
Auction Closed
November 19, 12:49 AM GMT
Estimate
900,000 - 1,200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Henri Laurens
(1885 - 1954)
La Négresse
inscribed twice with the monogram, numbered 1/6, numbered again 1 and stamped with the foundry mark C. Valsuani Cire Perdue
bronze
height: 29 in. 73.5 cm.
Conceived in 1934; this example cast in a numbered edition of 7.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (acquired from the estate of the artist in 1955)
Private Collection
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (acquired in the 1970s and until at least 1993)
Private Collection
Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris
Gasiunasen Gallery, Palm Beach (acquired from the above in 1998)
Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Paris, Chez Marie Cuttoli, Henri Laurens, 1935, n.n.
Exh. Cat., Petit Palais, Les Maîtres de l'art indépendant, 1937, no. 7
Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Henri Laurens, 1945, n.n.
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Henri Laurens, 1951, no. 37
Exh. Cat., Kunsthaus Zürich, Begründer der modernen Plastik: Arp, Brancusi, Chauvin Duchamp-Villon, Gonzalez, Laurens, Lipchitz, Pevsner, 1954, no. 128
Exh. Cat., Paris, Salon de la jeune sculpture, 1955, no. 51
Exh. Cat., Nice, Palais de la Méditerranée, Sculptures de Laurens, Lipchitz, Richier, Zadkine, 1957, no. 3
Exh. Cat., Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst, Fortegnelse over franske bøger illustreret med originalgrafik af kunstnere fra det 20. Aarhundrede, 1956, no. 12, illustration of another cast; p. 53
Exh. Cat., Liège, Musée de l'Art Wallon, Lèger, Matisse, Picasso, Laurens, Mirô, Magnelli, Arp, Hartung, Jacobsen, 1958, n.n.
Exh. Cat., Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, Franzôsische Plastik des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1959, no. 90
Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Henri Laurens, 1960, no. 8, n.p., illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Kunsthaus Zürich, Henri Laurens, Skulpturen, Collagen, Zeichnungen, 1961, no. 83, p. 24
Exh. Cat., Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Essen, Folkwang Museum and Kunsthalle Bremen, Henri Laurens, 1962, no. 36
Exh. Cat., Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, Pablo Picasso, Henri Laurens, 1964, no. 26
Giorgio Falcidia, Henri Laurens, Milan, 1966, pl. X, p. 7, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Paris, Grand Palais, Henri Laurens, Exposition de la donation aux Musées Nationaux, 1967, no. 42, pl. 42, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Zurich, Galerie Obere Zäune, Henri Laurens, 1968, n.n.
Exh. Cat., Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Henri Laurens, 1969, no. 42
Exh. Cat., Prague, Narodni Galerie and Brno, Bratislava, Braque, Laurens, Picasso, 1970, no. 42
Werner Hofmann, The Sculpture of Henri Laurens, New York, 1970, pp. 152-53, illustrations of another cast; p. 218
Exh. Cat., New York Cultural Center, Laurens et Braque: Les Donations Laurens et Braque a L’État Français, 1971, no. 44
Exh. Cat., London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, Henri Laurens, 1895-1954, 1971, no. 55, n.p., illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Luxembourg, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire and Metz, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Henri Laurens, 1971, no. 17
Exh. Cat., Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Henri Laurens, Plastiken, Graphiken, Zeichnungen, 1972, no. 9
Exh. Cat., Rome, Accademia di Francia, Henri Laurens, 1980-81, no. 39, p. 75, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Marcq en Baroeul, Fondation Anne et Albert Prouvost, Henri Laurens, 1982, no. 23, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Kunstmuseum Berne, 25 Jahre Hermann und Margrit Rupf Stiftung im Kunstmuseum, 1985, p. 115
Peter Winter, “Skuptu, die atmet,” Weltkunst, 1985, p. 2545
Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Louisie Leiris, Henri Laurens, 1895-1954, 1985, no. 25, pl. 36, illustration in color of another cast
Exh. Cat., Kunstmuseum Bern and Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Henri Laurens, 1895-1954, 1985, no. 57, p. 128, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Henri Laurens, (1895-1954), Skulpturen, Collage, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Druckgraphik, 1985, no. 43, p. 103, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Qu’est-ce que la sculpture Moderne?, 1987, no. 233
Exh. Cat., Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Henri Laurens, 1987, no. 6, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Barcelona, Musée Picasso, Henri Laurens, Escultures I Dibuixos, 1989, no. 89
Exh. Cat., Château de Biron, Henri Laurens, 1990, no. 23, illustration of another cast
Lille, Musée d'Art Moderne Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Henri Laurens 1992-93, no. 78, p. 168, illustrated
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