Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Roger Cole and Max Waterhouse for their assistance in preparing this catalogue entry. Roger Cole is preparing a forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works by Gaudier-Brzeska.
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Duck
Details
HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (1891-1915)
Duck
bronze with a dark brown patina
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) wide
Conceived in marble in 1914.
Cast in bronze in 1964-68 by Fiorini Foundry, London, in an edition of 14 for H.S. (Jim) Ede.
1 cast in lead on behalf of H.S. (Jim) Ede.
Duck
bronze with a dark brown patina
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) wide
Conceived in marble in 1914.
Cast in bronze in 1964-68 by Fiorini Foundry, London, in an edition of 14 for H.S. (Jim) Ede.
1 cast in lead on behalf of H.S. (Jim) Ede.
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
Literature
A.M. Hammacher, Modern English Sculpture, London, 1967, p. 54, another cast illustrated.
R. Cole, Burning to Speak: The Life and Art of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Oxford, 1978, p. 108, no. 55, another cast illustrated.
R. Cole, Gaudier-Brzeska: Art and Myth, Bristol, 1995, pp. 75, 256, pl. 32, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, Gaudier-Brzeska: Life and Art, London, 1996, p. 272, no. 90, pl. 132, marble illustrated.
A. Dezeuze, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Paris, 1999, pp. 56-60.
Exhibition catalogue, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 2009, pp. 144-145, no. 54, another cast illustrated.
R. Cole, Burning to Speak: The Life and Art of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Oxford, 1978, p. 108, no. 55, another cast illustrated.
R. Cole, Gaudier-Brzeska: Art and Myth, Bristol, 1995, pp. 75, 256, pl. 32, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, Gaudier-Brzeska: Life and Art, London, 1996, p. 272, no. 90, pl. 132, marble illustrated.
A. Dezeuze, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Paris, 1999, pp. 56-60.
Exhibition catalogue, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 2009, pp. 144-145, no. 54, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Gaudier-Brzeska, February 1965, no. 96, another cast exhibited.
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1969, no. 11, another cast exhibited.
Edinburgh, Mercury Gallery, Gaudier-Brzeska: Drawings and Sculpture, March - April 1984, no. 9, another cast exhibited.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Les Années Cubistes: Collections du Centre Georges Pompidou, March - July 1999, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Lille, Muśee d'art Moderne de Lille Métropole.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, June - September 2009, no. 54, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, October 2009 - January 2010.
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1969, no. 11, another cast exhibited.
Edinburgh, Mercury Gallery, Gaudier-Brzeska: Drawings and Sculpture, March - April 1984, no. 9, another cast exhibited.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Les Années Cubistes: Collections du Centre Georges Pompidou, March - July 1999, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Lille, Muśee d'art Moderne de Lille Métropole.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, June - September 2009, no. 54, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, October 2009 - January 2010.
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