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Property from a Notable European Collection

Henri Laurens

Nu couché à la draperie or Femme nue couchée

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Estimate

230,000 - 300,000 EUR

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Description

Property from a Notable European Collection

Henri Laurens

1885-1954

Nu couché à la draperie or Femme nue couchée


inscribed with the monogram HL and stamped with the foundry mark C. Valsuani Cire Perdue

bronze

29 x 84,5 x 18 cm; 11⅜ x 33¼ x 7⅛ in.

Conceived in 1927, this work is an artist's proof from an edition of 7 plus 4 artist's proof cast by the foundry Valsuani, Paris.

Edmond Bomsel, Versailles

Hôtel Drouot, 24 June 1988, lot 34

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exh. Cat., Basel, Kunsthalle, Henri Laurens, 1956, no. 17, another cast

Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Henri Laurens, 1958, no. 20, another cast illustrated

Exh. Cat., Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Essen, Museum Folkwang and Bremen, Kunstalle, Laurens, 1962, no. 23, another cast illustrated

Exh. Cat., Paris, Grand Palais, Henri Laurens, 1967, no. 10, p. 10, another cast illustrated

Exh. Cat., London, The Hayward Gallery and Belfast, The Ulster Museum, Henri Laurens, 1971, no. 23, p. 41, another cast illustrated

Exh. Cat., Bern, Kunstmuseum, Henri Laurens, 1885-1954, 1985, p. 89, another cast illustrated

Exh. Cat., Hanover, Sprengel Museum, Henri Laurens, Skulpturen, Collagen, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Druckgraphik, 1985, no. 32, p. 83, another cast illustrated

Exh. Cat., New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Henri Laurens, 1987, another cast illustrated on the cover of the exhibition announcement

Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Bukowskis, Modernt före Moderna, 2013, pp. 70-71, another cast illustrated in colour