Julio González (1876-1942), Le Rêve (Le Baiser)

Julio González (1876-1942)
Le Rêve (Le Baiser)
signed and numbered 'J. GONZALEZ © 0/6' and inscribed with foundry mark 'E.GODARD Fondr' (lower side)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 25 5/8 in. (65.1 cm.)
Conceived circa 1934

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Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galerie de France, Paris (acquired from the above, by 1987).
Arnold Herstand & Company, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
The Defining Gesture: Modern Masters from the Eppler Family Collection

Literature
D. Dudley, “Four Post-Moderns, Alicka, Benno, Bores et González” in The American Magazine of Art, September 1935, vol. 28, no. 9 (illustrated, p. 547).
P.-G., Brugière, “Julio González: les étapes de l’oeuvre” in Cahiers d’Art, July 1952, vol. XXVII, pp. 20 and 22.
P. Guéguen, “Idées générales sur la sculpture” in Art d’Aujourd’hui, May 1954 (another cast illustrated, p. 40).
L. Degand, González, Cologne, 1956, no. 6 (another cast illustrated, fig. 14).
W. Hofmann, Die Plastik des 20. Jahrhunderts, Frankfurt, 1958, no. 28 (another cast illustrated).
J. Grenier, “Les expositions à Paris” in Xxe siècle, vol. 1, 15 February 1959 (another cast illustrated).
M. Seuphor, La Sculpture de ce siècle, Neuchâtel, 1959, p. 77.
V. Aguilera Cerni, Julio González, Rome, 1962, p. 106 (another cast illustrated, pl. XLIX).
C.A. Aréan & R. González, “Julio González” in Cuadernos de Arte, 1965, vol. 200 (another cast illustrated).
C. A. Aréan, “Julio González y le problematica de la esculture del siglo XX” in Cuadernos de arte del Ateneo de Madrid, vol. 60, 1965 (another cast illustrated).
C.A. Aréan, “Joan, Julio, Roberta: Los tres González” in Cuadernos de Arte, vol. 247, 1968 (another cast illustrated).
G. Fehrlin, “Eisenplastiken von Julio González” in Die Welt, 28 January 1970 (another cast illustrated).
H. Galy-Carles, “González, l’homme du fer” in Art vivant, no. 9, March 1970 (another cast illustrated).
E. Lucie-Smith, “Genius-craftsmen” in Sunday Times, 13 September 1970 (another cast illustrated).
J. Withers, “Julio González” in Bellas Artes, no. 1, 1970 (another cast illustrated, p. 37).
P. Descargues, Julio González, Paris, 1971, no. 13 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 31).
V. Aguilera Cerni, Julio, Joan, Roberta, González: Itinerario de una dinastía, Barcelona, 1973, pp. 266 and 386, no. 220 (another cast illustrated, p. 266).
B. Brezianu, Opera lui Constantin Brâncu?i în România, Bucharest, 1974, p. 246 (another cast illustrated, fig. c).
J. Withers, “Los materiales y la técnica" in Guadalimar, 1976, no. 16 (another cast illustrated, p. 37).
J. Withers, Julio González: sculpture in iron, New York, 1978, p. 161, no. 54 (another cast illustrated, fig. 40.)
M. Fitzgerald, “Julio González in plain view” in ARTS Magazine, New York, June 1983, pp. 102-104, no. 4 (another cast illustrated, p. 104).
A. Kirili, “Virgins & Totems” in Art in America, New York, October 1983, p. 159 (another cast illustrated).
W. Schnell, “Zeichnen als bidhauerisches Prinzip: Julio González” in Kunstforum International, vol. 66, 10 October 1983, p. 151 (another cast illustrated).
M. Rowell, “Julio González” in La collection du Musée national d'Art moderne, vol. 1, 1986, pp. 253-254 (another cast illustrated p. 253).
W. Schmalenbach, Bilder des 20: Jahrhunderts, Die Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 1986 (another cast illustrated, p. 247).
J. Merkert, Julio González, Milan, 1987, pp. 157-159, no. 154 (other casts illustrated).
C. Alborch Bataller, Julio González: las colecciones del IVAM, Madrid, 1989, pp. 11 and 48.
T. Llorens, Julio González: las colecciones del IVAM, nuevos fondos, Valencia, 1993, p. 77.
J. Merkert, Julio González el inventor de la escultura en heirro, Valencia, 1994, p. 45.
W. Schmalenbach, Kunst! Reden-Streiten-Schreiben, Cologne, 2000 (another cast illustrated, p. 97).
G. Solana, Julio González en la colección del IVAM: catalogue raisonné, Valencia, 2000, pp. 21, 136 and 140 (another cast illustrated, p. 137).
B. Leal, “Julio González” in La collection du Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Art moderne, Paris, 2006, p. 281 (another cast illustrated, p. 283).