LOT DETAILS
Materials:
iron
Measurements:
13.07 in. (33.20 cm.) (height) by 42.91 in. (109.00 cm.) (width) by 14.96 in. (38.00 cm.) (width)
Markings:
incised with the artist's monogram '__' (centre)
Exhibited:
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Chillida, 1956, no. 24 (illustrated). Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Eduardo Chillida. Plastik, Zeichnungen, Graphik, 1969. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Musuem, Eduardo Chillida, 1969. London, Hayward Gallery, Chillida, 1990, no. 4, p. 124 (illustrated, p. 85). Berlin, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, CHILLIDA, 1991 (illustrated in colour, p. 60). Valencia, IVAM Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Eduardo Chillida: Elogio del Hierro, Praise of Iron, 1998 (illustrated in colour, pp. 88-89). Zurich, Galerie Nathan, Delacroix und meine Modernen, 1999, no. 30 (illustrated).
Literature:
G. Bachelard, 'Chillida', in Derriere le miroir, Paris 1956, no. 24 (illustrated, unpaged). A. de la Sota, 'Chillida', in Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, December 1956. G. Dorfles, 'La scultura straniera alla Biennale', in Domus, October 1958. J. D. Fullaonda, 'Eduardo Chillida y el catolicismo de la escultura (IV)', in Nueva Forma, February 1968. E. Chillida, 'Eduardo Chillida: Plastik - Zeichnungen - Graphik', in Neue Züricher Zeitung, March 1969. J. Altvater (ed.), Chillida, Amsterdam 1969. C. Esteban, Chillida, Paris 1971, no. 2 (illustrated, p. 69). P. Attinger (ed.), Chillida, Neufchâtel 1979. Chillida, exh. cat., Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1979-1980, no. 48, p. 178 (illustrated, p. 156). O. Paz, Chillida, Neufchâtel 1980. E. Furnier (ed.), Chillida, Vitoria 1990 (illustrated). G. Hatje (ed.), Chillida, Stuttgart 1991 (illustrated). K. Barañano, 'Chillida, el herrero del arte', in El Mundo, September 1998. E. Chillida, Eduardo Chillida. Elogio del hierro, Valencia 1998 (illustrated). I. Bush, 'Chillida', in Industrias Gráficas Caro, October-September 1998.
Provenance:
Galerie Maeght, Paris. Private Collection, Braunschweig (acquired from the above in 1956). Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 5 December 1996, lot 14. Galerie Nathan, Zurich. Private Collection, Switzerland. Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1999.