Antoine Pevsner (1886-1962), Deux cônes dans un même plan

Antoine Pevsner (1886-1962)
Deux cônes dans un même plan
signed with the initials 'A.P.' (lower left on the central conical element) and inscribed '36' (lower right on the central conical element)
painted copper and brass
15 5/8 x 25 x 14 3/4 in. (39.9 x 63.5 x 37.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1939; this work is unique

Provenance
The artist's collection, until at least 1961.
Carlos R. Villanueva, Caracas, by whom acquired from the above, by 1972.
Private collection.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.

Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Literature
P. Peissi, Antoine Pevsner, Hommage d'un ami, Neuchâtel, 1961, no. 80, p. 150 (illustrated n.p.; dated '1936').
A. Lardera, Antoine Pevsner, sa vie, son oeuvre, Paris, 1992 (illustrated fig. 50, n.p.).
M. Ménier, 'Aux pieds de la tour Eiffel...', in Pevsner (1884-1962), Colloque international Antoine Pevsner, Paris, 1992, p. 77 (illustrated p. 63).
É. Lebon & P. Brullé, Antoine Pevsner, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 2002, no. 46, p. 126 (illustrated p. 127).

Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Antoine Pevsner, Georges Vantongerloo, Max Bill, October - November 1949, no. 15, n.p. (with incorrect dimensions).
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Antoine Pevsner, December 1956 - March 1957, no. 32, p. 19.
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Colección Carlos Raúl Villanueva, 1972, no. 41, n.p. (illustrated n.p.; dated '1936').
Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Villanueva el arquitecto, November 1988 - February 1989.