PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM
Émile-Antoine Bourdelle
Mlle Madeleine Charnaux
Lot Closed
March 5, 04:01 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Émile-Antoine Bourdelle
1861 - 1929
Mlle Madeleine Charnaux
inscribed with the artist's signature EA Bourdelle, dated 1917 and stamped with the foundry mark
bronze
height: 18 ¼ in.
46.4 cm.
Conceived in 1917 and cast by the Alexis Rudier Foundry.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Montserrat Palacios at Montserrat.Palacios@sothebys.com
C.W. Kraushaar Gallery, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above circa 1929)
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1939 to the present owner
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New Acquisitions: A Gift of Modern Sculpture, 1940
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection, 1940-41
“A Gift of Modern Sculpture,” The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, 1940, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 2
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 25, no. 53
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, 1948, no. 78
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, 1958
