LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze on marble base

Size Notes:

base: 3.8 cm

Exhibited:

(possibly) New York, Scott & Fowles, An Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Elie Nadelman, February 1917

Literature:

Lincoln Kirstein, Elie Nadelman, New York, 1973, no. 181, p. 305, illustration of another example pl. 55. John I. H. Baur, The Sculpture and Drawings of Elie Nadelman, New York, 1975, illustration of another example fig. 42, p. 52. Barbara Haskell, Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life, New York, 2003, p. 85, illustration of another example fig. 82, p. 75. Suzanne Slesin, Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein: Extraordinary Style, Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design, New York, 2003, pp. 50-51, illustration of another example

Provenance:

Viola Nadelman (the artist's wife). Alexander Racolin, circa 1955. Private Collection (by descent from the above). Private Collection, New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above