Bidspirit auction | Ossip Zadkine: Projet du monument

Ossip Zadkine: Projet du monument à Van Gogh, Auvers-Sur-Oise - ZADKINE, OSSIP 1890 Smolensk/Russland - 1967 Paris Title: Projet du monument à Van Gogh, Auvers-Sur-Oise. Date: 1956 (design). Technique: Bronze, dark green patinated. Measurement: 78,5 x 33 x 19cm. Notation: Signed and numbered verso on the plinth: ZADKINE 2/5. Here also with the foundry mark Susse Fond. Paris. Number: 2/5. This work is a cast from 1958. In addition to the edition of 5 copies, 4 artist's proofs were cast. Enclosed with the work is an expertise by the Ossip Zadkine Foundation, Brussels, dated 14 March 2009. We would like to thank Mr Richard Oudenhuysen, Zadkine Research Centre, for the kind scientific support. Provenance: - Pierre Bourut Collection, France - Galerie Borzo, Amsterdam - Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the previous in 2009) - Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (received from previous owner) - Powerful depiction in Zadkine's expressive-abstract formal language - Rare artist's proof of outstanding quality - Project for the grand, life-size Monument à Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.   Explanations to the Catalogue Joseph Csaky Hungary Cubism Figurative Art Modern Art Sculptures 1920s Human Sculpture Bronze