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Henri Laurens

La musicienne à la harpe 

Estimate

70,000 - 90,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Henri Laurens

1885 - 1954

 

La Musicienne à la harpe

inscribed with the monogram, numbered 3/6 and with the foundry mark C. Valsuani cire perdue

bronze

height: 39.5 cm. 15½ in.

Conceived in 1937 and cast by the Valsuani Foundry, Paris. This work is number 3 from an edition of 6.

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Private Collection (acquired from the above on 12 October 1967)

Sotheby's, New York, 11 May 1988, lot 400A (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Werner Hofmann, The Sculpture of Henri Laurens, New York, 1970, p. 159, another cast illustrated

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-arts, 1949, no. 38, n.p., marble version listed

Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, 1951, no. 44, p. 11, plaster version listed