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Pablo Gargallo

Masque d'arlequin souriant (2ème version)

Estimate

180,000 - 250,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Pablo Gargallo

1881 - 1934


Masque d'arlequin souriant (2ème version)

inscribed P. Gargallo and dated 1927

soldered copper

width: 29 cm. 11⅜ in.

Executed in 1927. This example is the second version of 5 unique variants.

Prof. Dr. A. De Ridder, Antwerp (acquired by 1955)

Private Collection, Paris (acquired by 1973)

Christie's, London, 29 November 1988, lot 228

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

De Brunhoff, ed., Vogue, Paris, 1930

Pierre Reverdy, Maurice Reynal et al., "Pablo Gargallo," Sélection, no. 10, Anvers, 1930, p. 61, illustrated (titled Arlequin)

Pierre Courthion, Gargallo Sculptures et Dessins, Paris, 1937, no. 52, n.p., illustrated (titled Arlequin and dated 1930)

Pierre Courthion, L’Œuvre Complet de Pablo Gargallo, Paris, 1973, no. 103, pp. 81 and 148, illustrated

Pierrette Gargallo-Anguera, Pablo Gargallo, Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1998, no. 131, p. 153, illustrated (dated circa 1927)

Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, L’art vivant dans les collections privées belges, 1947, no. 32

Antwerp, Middelheimpark, 3e Biennale de Sculpture, 1955, no. 135, n.p., illustrated; p. 23, listed (titled Harlekijn)