Émile Antoine BOURDELLE (1861-1929) - Lot 71

Émile Antoine BOURDELLE (1861-1929) Study for the hand of Woman Sculptor at Rest Model created in 1905. Bronze with brown-green patina. Signed with the artist's monogram. Stamped CIRE PERDUE A. VALSUANI. Inscribed By Bourdelle. Bears the letter I. H. 8.5 cm On a green marble base, H. 2.8 x W. 16 x D. 7.2 cm Minor damage to base Related works : - Émile Antoine Bourdelle, Femme sculpteur au repos, cast circa 1910, bronze, signed and dated EMILE ANTOINE / BOURDELLE / 1905-08, inscribed FONDERIE NATIe DES BRONZES / ANCne FIRME. J. PETERMAN / St GILLES. BRUSSELS / VI, size: 68.2 x 54 x 38 cm, Paris, Musée Bourdelle, inv. MBBR1106 ; - Émile Antoine Bourdelle, Femme sculpteur au repos - main, étude, 1905, plaster, size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 cm, Paris, Musée Bourdelle, inv. MBPL3134 ; - Émile Antoine Bourdelle, Femme sculpteur au repos - main, étude, bronze, stamp CIRE / A. VALSUANI / PERDUE, inscribed by Bourdelle, size: 8.1 x 10.1 x 5.9 cm, Paris, Musée Bourdelle, inv. MBBR1108. Related literature: Ionel Jianou, Michel Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, Arted Editions d'art, 1965, p. 86.