Details
HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (1891-1915)
Mermaid
bronze with a brown patina
11 in. (27.9 cm.) long
Conceived in marble in 1913, and cast in bronze in 1964-66 in an edition of 9 by Fiorini Foundry, London, on behalf of H.S. (Jim) Ede.
Provenance
H.S. (Jim) Ede, and by descent.
Literature
H.S. Ede, A Life of Gaudier-Brzeska, London, 1930, p. 206, marble listed.
M. Levy, Gaudier-Brzeska: Drawings and Sculpture, London, 1965, p. 29, no. 77, marble illustrated.
S. Bann, exhibition catalogue, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915: Sculpture and Drawings, New York, Gruenebaum Gallery, 1977, pp. 27, 45, no. 11, another cast illustrated.
R. Cole, Burning to Speak: The Life and Art of Gaudier-Brzeska, Oxford, 1978, pp. 82-83, no. 33, marble illustrated.
J. Lewison (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Sculptor, Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, 1983, p. 40, no. 26, marble illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Lugano, Galleria Pieter Coray, 1984, n.p., no. 40, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, Gaudier-Brzeska Life and Art, London, 1996, p. 263, no. 55, pls. 63, 64, marble illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, London, Browse & Darby, 2008, n.p., no. 9, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2009, pp. 100-101, no. 22, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, J. and E. Bumpus, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, April - May 1931, no. 34, marble exhibited.
London, Zwemmer Gallery, Gaudier-Brzeska: Pen and Ink Drawings, 1936, no. 3, marble exhibited.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Gaudier-Brzeska, February 1965, no. 92, another cast exhibited.
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle der Stadt, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, November - December 1969, no. 9, another cast exhibited.
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, August - September 1972, no. 27, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Leeds, City Art Gallery, 1972; and Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, October - November 1972.
New York, Gruenebaum Gallery, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915: Sculpture and Drawings, September - October 1977, no. 11, another cast exhibited.
Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Sculptor, October - November 1983, no. 26, marble exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bristol, Museum and Art Gallery, November 1983 - January 1984; and York, City Art Gallery, January - February 1984.
Lugano, Galleria Pieter Coray, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, September - October 1984, no. 40, another cast exhibited.
London, Browse & Darby, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, June - July 2008, no. 9, another cast exhibited.
Paris, Centre Pompidou, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, June - September 2009, no. 22, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts, October 2009 - January 2010.
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