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Description: Emille-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Sapho
signed, titled, dated and inscribed with cipher 'ANTOINE BOURDELLE SAPHO 1887 1924' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark and numbered 'Alexis.Rudier Fondeur.Paris IV' (on the back of the base); stamped 'REPRODUCTION INTERDITE' (on the front of the base)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 27 1/8 in. (68.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1887-1924; this bronze version cast at a later date

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Provenance: Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1990, lot 331.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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Published: P. Descargues, Bourdelle, Paris, 1954, p. 54 (larger version illustrated).
I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Deuxième édition avec le catalogue des sculptures complété et numéroté, Paris, 1975, p. 70, no. 59.
P. Cannon-Brookes, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, London, 1983, p. 102.
C.M. Lavriller and M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1992, pp. 19 and 143 (larger version illustrated; dated 1887-1925).

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Notes: PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR