JULIO GONZÁLEZ, (1876-1942)

Tête d'homme couché, Monthyon

Tête d'homme couché, Monthyon
signed and numbered 'Gonzalez 6/9' and stamped with the foundry mark 'Cire C. Valsuani Perdue' (underneath)
bronze with brown patina
14.5 x 23.3cm (5 11/16 x 9 3/16in).
Conceived circa 1934 - 1936, this bronze version cast by the Valsuani Foundry in an edition numbered 2/9 to 6/9 plus one additional cast for the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid.

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Julio González Administration.

Provenance
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris.
Private collection, France.

Literature
H. Kramer, Julio González, exh. cat, New York, 1961 (another cast illustrated p. 46).
C. A. Areán (ed.), 'Julio González en la XXXII Biennale de Venecia', in Papeles de Son Armadans, Vol. 60, Madrid & Palma de Mallorca, February 1965 (another cast illustrated no. 107).
M. N. Pradel de Grandry, 'La Donation González au Musée National d'Art Moderne', in La Revue du Louvre, no. 1, Paris, 1966 (another cast illustrated no. 29).
C. A. Areán, 'Julio González y la búsqueda de los nuevos caminos', in Esculture actual en España. Tendencias no imitativas, Madrid, 1967 (another cast illustrated p. 31).
V. Aguilera Cerni, Julio, Joan, Roberta González - Itinerario de una dinastia, Barcelona, 1973 (another cast illustrated p. 226).
Fundación Juan March (ed.), Julio González, Esculturas y dibujos, exh. cat., Madrid, 1980 (another cast illustrated).
J. Merkert (ed.), González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 191 (another cast illustrated p. 201).