Details
ÉMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)
Tête d'Apollon
with artist's cipher and inscribed '© BY BOURDELLE' (on the back of the neck); numbered and inscribed with foundry mark 'No. 9 Susse Foundeur Paris' (on the left side of the neck)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1898-1909; this bronze version cast by 1975
Provenance
Acquired by the late owners, by 1975.
Literature
M. Gauthier, Bourdelle, Paris, 1951 (plaster version illustrated, pl. III).
P. Descargues, Bourdelle, Paris, 1954, p. 19 (plaster version illustrated).
E. Auricoste, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle Paris, 1955 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 17).
I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1975, p. 90, no. 258 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 20).
C.M. Lavrillier and M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1979, pp. 96-97 (another cast illustrated, p. 96; titled Masque d'Apollon).
P. Connon-Brookes, Emile Antoine Bourdelle, An Illustrated Commentary, London, 1983, pp. 28-32 (other versions illustrated).
Details
ÉMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)
Tête d'Apollon
with artist's cipher and inscribed '© BY BOURDELLE' (on the back of the neck); numbered and inscribed with foundry mark 'No. 9 Susse Foundeur Paris' (on the left side of the neck)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1898-1909; this bronze version cast by 1975
Provenance
Acquired by the late owners, by 1975.
Literature
M. Gauthier, Bourdelle, Paris, 1951 (plaster version illustrated, pl. III).
P. Descargues, Bourdelle, Paris, 1954, p. 19 (plaster version illustrated).
E. Auricoste, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle Paris, 1955 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 17).
I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1975, p. 90, no. 258 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 20).
C.M. Lavrillier and M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1979, pp. 96-97 (another cast illustrated, p. 96; titled Masque d'Apollon).
P. Connon-Brookes, Emile Antoine Bourdelle, An Illustrated Commentary, London, 1983, pp. 28-32 (other versions illustrated).
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