Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
French, 1891-1915
Three Monkeys
Stamped hGaudierBrzeska and numbered 5/12 on the underside
Composite stone
Height 7 inches (18 cm)

Provenance:
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, U.K., acquired by the present owner in 1966

Literature:
Harold Stanley Ede, A Life of Gaudier-Brzeska, London, 1930, p. 204
Roger Cole, Burning to Speak: The Life and Art of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Oxford, 1978, cat. no. 13, p. 60
Evelyn Silber, Gaudier-Brzeska. Life and Art, London and New York, 1996, cat. no. 103, pp. 274-5 (dated 1914)

Originally conceived in 1912-1914, it was later cast in an edition of twelve. Numbers 1, 2 and 4 of the edition belong to Cambridge University, the Tate Gallery and the Musee Nationale d'Art Moderne in Paris, respectively. The original is owned by Cambridge University.

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