'DIVINITE SOLAIRE', A BRONZE SCULPTURE
'DIVINITE SOLAIRE', A BRONZE SCULPTURE

CAST FROM A MODEL BY GUSTAVE MIKLOS, DESIGNED IN 1928

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'DIVINITE SOLAIRE', A BRONZE SCULPTURE
Cast from a model by Gustave Miklos, designed in 1928
25½in. (64.7cm.) high
inscribed g Miklos and 4/4, stamped with the Valsuani foundry seal
Provenance
Private Collection, London
Sotheby's Monaco, December 9, 1983, lot 166A
Christie's New York, June 14, 1986, lot 453

Lot Essay

The present example is one of only four bronzes cast. It was cast with the authorization of the artist's widow in 1971. The subject was originally conceived as a gilt plaster sculpture executed in 1928.

This model is illustrated in the following exhibition catalogues: Exposition Welt Kulturen und Modern Kunst, 1972, cat. no. 1907; Galerie L'Enseigne du Cerceau, Gustave Miklos, 1972, cat. no. 25; and Centre Culturel Aragon, Gustave Miklos, Exposition Retrospective, 1983, cat. no. 21.

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