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JULIO GONZÁLEZ(1876-1942)Le couple
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JULIO GONZÁLEZ (1876-1942)
Le couple
signed 'J. Gonzalez ©' (back left of the base), stamped with the foundry mark 'E. Godard Cire Perdue' and numbered '5/9' (to the reverse of the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
13.3 x 17.1cm (5 1/4 x 6 3/4in).
Conceived circa 1914, this bronze version cast by the Godard Foundry in an edition numbered 2/9, 4/9 - 9/9 plus two additional casts: 00 & EA.
signed 'J. Gonzalez ©' (back left of the base), stamped with the foundry mark 'E. Godard Cire Perdue' and numbered '5/9' (to the reverse of the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
13.3 x 17.1cm (5 1/4 x 6 3/4in).
Conceived circa 1914, this bronze version cast by the Godard Foundry in an edition numbered 2/9, 4/9 - 9/9 plus two additional casts: 00 & EA.
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Julio González Administration.
Provenance
Private collection, France.
Literature
Exh. cat., Julio González, Stockholm, 1963, no. 7 (unknown cast referenced).
Exh. cat., Julio González, Turin, 1967, no. 107 (another cast illustrated p. 88).
Exh. cat., Julio González 1876–1942, les matériaux de son expression I, Paris, 1969, no. 17 (another cast illustrated).
P. Descargues, Julio González, Paris, 1971 (another cast illustrated p. 2).
'La sculpture cubiste, cote inégale', in Connaissance des Arts, Paris, February 1973 (another cast illustrated).
V. Aguilera Cerni, Julio, Joan, Roberta González - Itinerario de una dinastia, Barcelona, 1973, no. 118 (another cast illustrated p. 173).
C. Areán, 'Arte Español del Siglo XX', in Museo Español de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, 1975 (another cast referenced p. 146).
J. Withers, Julio González, Sculpture in Iron, New York, 1978 (another cast illustrated p. 29).
Exh. cat., Julio González, A Retrospective, New York, 1983, no. 58 (another cast illustrated p. 63).
Exh. cat., Julio González 1876–1942 Plastiken, Zeichnungen, Kunstgewerbe, Frankfurt am Main, 1983, no. 30 (another cast illustrated p. 60).
J. Merkert (ed.), Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 23 (another cast illustrated p. 31).