Julio González
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"Tête aiguë (Masque aigu)"
Signed with stamp Gonzalez and numbered 3/9. Foundry mark C Valsuani Cire Perdue. The motif conceived circa 1930, this version later cast by the estate of the artist. Bronze, black and brown patina. Height 29 cm (including loose conrete base 45 cm).
Provenance
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, 7th of December 1963 - 4th of January 1964, no. 8.
Private collection, Sweden. Acquired from the above mentioned exhibition by the present owner.
Literature
Vicente Aguilera Cerni, Julio González, Rome, 1962, illustration of another cast pl. V
Fidel Danieli, "Julio González: A Representative Showing at the Landau Gallery," in Artforum, 4, 1965, illustration of another cast p. 29
Henry Galy-Carles, "González, l'homme du fer," in Art vivant, 1970, illustration of another cast
Vicente Aguilera Cerni, Julio González, Barcelona, 1973, no. 153, illustration of another cast p. 212
Josephine Withers, Julio González: Sculpture in Iron, New York, 1987, no. 36, illustration of another cast p. 50
Heinz Fuchs, Plastik der Gegenwart, Baden-Baden, 1980, illustration of another cast p. 99
Wolfgang Rainer, "Die Schrift des Eisens im Raum," in Stuttgarter Zeitung, 1983, illustration of another cast n.p.
Jörn Merkert, Julio González, catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Milan, 1987, no. 113, illustration of another cast p. 94
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