BALTASAR LOBO (1910-1993) La femme et le centaure

BALTASAR LOBO (1910-1993)
La femme et le centaure
signed and numbered '1/8 Lobo' (on the reverse, lower right) and inscribed 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the reverse, lower left)
bronze with black patina
13.5cm (5 5/16in). high
Conceived in 1967-1968, this bronze version cast by the Susse Foundry in 1968 in a numbered edition of 8, plus four artist's proofs.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galería Freites.

Provenance
The artist's studio.
Galerie Villand & Galanis, Paris.
Galerie Nathan, Zurich (acquired from the above in 1971).
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1976).
Private collection, Switzerland (by descent from the above).

Exhibited
(Possibly) Bourges, Maison de la Culture de Bourges, Lobo, 8 October - 30 November 1971, no. 68.
Zurich, Galerie Nathan, Baltasar Lobo, Marmor, Stein, Bronzen, Zeichnungen, 30 April - 10 July 1976, no. 25.

Literature
Exh. cat., André Lanskoy, Baltasar Lobo, Zurich, 1969, no. 37 (the terracotta version illustrated p. 39).
Exh. cat., Lobo, Madrid, 1970, no. 8 (another cast illustrated).
J-É. Muller & V. Bollmann-Müller, Lobo, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1985, no. 261 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Lobo, Paris, 1988, no. 21 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Baltasar Lobo, Caracas, 1989, no. 32.
K. de Barañano, M.L. Cárdenas & M. Jaume, Catálogo razonado de esculturas Baltasar Lobo, Vol. II, Madrid, 2021, no. 6824 (another cast illustrated pp. 185 & 296).