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Monday, 21 November 2016, 06:00 pm

Julio González, Petit profil de paysanne, approx. 1927-29

Lot 26

Julio González, 1876-1942 (ES)

Petit profil de paysanne, approx. 1927-29

Bronze, on wooden base.

H 150 mm W 54 mm D13 mm.
With base: H 180 mm W 70 mm D 55 mm.

Verso incised numbering: 7/8.
Incised signature: Gonzalez, c.

CHF30'000 / 50'000
EUR27'000 / 45'000
USD32'000 / 50'000

Hammer Price: CHF 26'000

Annotation:

Provenance:
Estate of the artist;
Galleria Pieter Coray, Lugano;
Swiss private property.

Solo exhibition (each different copy):
Touring exhibition 1969/1970:
Julio González 1876-1942, les matériaux de son expression.
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, March - May 1969;
Montréal (Kanada), Galerie de Montréal, September - October;
Toronto, Dunkelman Gallery, November - December.
No. 34;
Zurich, Galerie Gimpel & Hanover, January - February 1970;
Paris, Galerie de France, 15th April - 15th June;
Essen, Museum Folkwang, July - August;
London, Tate Gallery.
15th September - 15th October. No. 14;
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum (Dänemark),
November - December.

Basel, Galerie Beyeler.
González, Sculptures-dessins,
September - December 1982. No. 2;
Lugano, Galleria Pieter Coray. Julio González,
April - June 1987. No. 53.

Group exhibition (different copy):
Paris, Galerie Editions Carmen Martinez.
4 sculpteurs Chillida, Gargallo, González, Penalba,
April - May 1976.

Literature:
Josephine Withers. Julio González, Sculpture in iron.
New York, University Press, 1978. No. 9;
Jörn Merkert. Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures.
Milano, Electra, 1987.
Page 47, No. 64, full page illustration of the forged sculpture;
Exhibition catalog. Julio González.
Galleria Pieter Coray, April - June 1987.
Lugano, 1987. No. 53, Illustration page 62;
IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern.
Julio González, Les Colleccions de l'IVAM Nous Fons.
Valencia, 1993. Page 28, full page illustration of a different copy;
Exhibition catalog. Julio González, Sculpture and drawings.
Touring exhibiton May - November 2001: Recklinghausen, Bad Homburg, Heilbronn.
Bonn, VG Bild-Kunst, 2001.
Page 66, full page illustration of a different copy.