HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA | STANDING FEMALE FIGURE

HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA
1891-1915
STANDING FEMALE FIGURE

signed, titled, dated 1913, numbered 7/7 and stamped with foundry stamp
bronze
height: 40cm.; 15¾in.
Conceived in 1913 and cast in 1990, the present work is number 7 from the edition of 7.

Condition Report:
The sculpture appears sound. There are tiny pits and casting imperfections across the surface. There is some oxidation in places. There is some rubbing to some of the extremities, notably in the figure's proper right collarbone and face. There is surface dirt and dust in crevices throughout. This excepting, the work appear to be in very good overall condition.

The work is freestanding.

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Provenance:
Private Collection, Canada, from whom acquired by the present owner in the early 1990s