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Petite Vénus
Details
Julio González (1876-1942)
Petite Vénus
signed and numbered ‘© By R Gonzalez 4/6’ (at the bottom, on the reverse)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 8 in. (20 cm.) excluding base
Conceived circa 1936-1937 and cast at a later date in an edition of six plus four casts numbered 0, 00, EA and HC and a further cast marked MAM, Barcelona for the Donación González
Petite Vénus
signed and numbered ‘© By R Gonzalez 4/6’ (at the bottom, on the reverse)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 8 in. (20 cm.) excluding base
Conceived circa 1936-1937 and cast at a later date in an edition of six plus four casts numbered 0, 00, EA and HC and a further cast marked MAM, Barcelona for the Donación González
Provenance
Galerie de France, Paris.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above in 1970.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above in 1970.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
J. E. Cirlot, "El escultor Julio González", in Exh. cat., Goya, Madrid, 1955, no. 4, pp. 206-212 (another cast illustrated no. 11, p. 210).
M.N. Pradel de Grandy, "La Donation González au Musée National d'Art Moderne", in La Revue du Louvre, Paris, 1966, no. 53, p. 14.
V. Aguilera Cerni, González, Itinerario de una dinastía, Barcelona, 1973, no. 443, p. 298 (another cast illustrated p. 337).
J. Merkert, Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 221 (another cast illustrated p. 249).
M.N. Pradel de Grandy, "La Donation González au Musée National d'Art Moderne", in La Revue du Louvre, Paris, 1966, no. 53, p. 14.
V. Aguilera Cerni, González, Itinerario de una dinastía, Barcelona, 1973, no. 443, p. 298 (another cast illustrated p. 337).
J. Merkert, Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 221 (another cast illustrated p. 249).
Exhibited
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Julio González, Les matériaux de son expression, March - April 1970; this exhibition later travelled to Essen, Museum Folkwang, June - September 1970, and Paris, Galerie de France, November - December 1970.
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