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Description: 1888-1968
MON FILS

height: 122cm.; 48in.

Conceived in 1923 and cast in cement during the artist's lifetime in an edition of 4; one cement example was acquired from the artist in 1923 by the Musée de Grenoble, France, and another belongs to the collection of the Museum of Tel Aviv, Israel.

cast stone and cement

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Ariane Tamir.

PROVENANCE

Sale: Maîtres Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7th December 2001, lot 106
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

LITERATURE

Léon Werth, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1927, illustration of another cast pl. 4
Edouard des Courrières, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1927, illustration of another cast p. 33
Gabriel Talpir, Chana Orloff, Tel Aviv, 1950, illustration of another cast p. 11
Félix Marcilhac, Catalogue de l'oeuvre sculpté de Chana Orloff, Paris, 1991, no. 68, illustration of another cast p. 216