Antoine Pevsner

Lot 415: Antoine Pevsner (1884-1962)

Name: Antoine Pevsner (1884-1962)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: dc29615615

Est: £30,000 GBP - £50,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomFebruary 05, 2014

Item Overview

Description

Antoine Pevsner (1884-1962) >Fontaine (ModÃ¨le pour une fontaine)<br>signed and dated 'Pevsner 20' (on the base); signed twice and dated 'Pevsner 1920' (underneath) >Plexiglas and metal<br>Height: 15 1/8 in. (38.5 cm.) >Executed in 1920; this work is unique<br>

Artist or Maker

Antoine Pevsner

Exhibited

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Abstrakte und Surrealistische Malerei und Plastik, October - November 1929, no. 101. >Zurich, Kunsthaus, BegrÃ¼nder der modernen Plastik - Arp, Brancusi, Chauvin, Duchamp-Villon, GonzÃ¡lez, Laurens, Pevsner, November - December 1954, no. 182. >Paris, MusÃ©e National dâ€™Art Moderne, Antoine Pevsner, December - March 1954, no. 20. >Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Sculpture du XXÃ¨me siÃ¨cle 1900-1945. Tradition et rupture, July - October 1981, no. 147.

Literature

P. Peissi & C. Giedion-Welcker, Antoine Pevsner, NeuchÃ¢tel, 1961, no. 53, p. 149 (illustrated pl. 53). >C. Giedion-Welcker, Schriften 1926-1971, Stationen zu einem Zeitbild, Cologne, 1973, no. 116, p. 447 (illustrated). >A. Lardera, Antoine Pevsner, sa vie, son oeuvre, Paris, 1992 (illustrated fig. 32). >J.-C. MarcadÃ©, Colloque international Antoine Pevsner, Paris, 1992, p. 60 (illustrated pl. 49). >E. Lebon & P. BrullÃ©, Antoine Pevsner, Catalogue raisonnÃ© de lâ€™oeuvre sculptÃ©, Paris, 2002, no. 15,

Provenance

Private collection, Zurich, by whom probably acquired in 1929, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Auction Details

Impressionist/Modern Day Sale

Christie's

February 05, 2014, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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