Lot 16: Thanassis Apartis (1899-1972) Mother and child 50 cm. height, 14 cm. width, 11.5 cm. depth

Mother and child
signed 'APARTIS' (lower left)
bronze
50 cm. height, 14 cm. width, 11.5 cm. depth

Conceived in 1938.

PROVENANCE:
Atelier of the artist before 1972.
Private collection, Athens.

EXHIBITED:
Paris, Petit Palais, Trente-Sixieme Groupe des Artistes de ce Temps, February 8 - March 4 1939.
Athens, Zappeion Hall, Panhellenic Exhibition, March-April 1939, cat. no. 356 (in marble).
Athens, Ora Cultural Center, Personal Exhibition, April 6-22 1971.
Athens, Zappeion Hall, Panhellenic Exhibition, April 8 - May 31, 1971 (cat. no. 762).
Athens, French Institute, Personal Exhibition, March 7-24 1977.
Athens, National Gallery - A. Soutzos Museum, Thanasis Apartis (1899-1972) (retrospective), March 1984, no. 13 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue).

LITERATURE:
D.E. Evangelides, Ethnos daily, April 1939.
K.S., Ethnos daily, April 3, 1939.
Ethnos daily, April 5, 1939.
E. Ziogas, Neoellinika Grammata journal, April 8, 1939.
O Aionas mas magazine, July 1949, p. 212 (referred).
Eleftheros Kosmos daily, April 6, 1971.
D. Tsouchlou, Apartis, Company for the Study of Modern Greek Culture and General Education, Athens 1977, p. 94.
T. Spiteris, Three Centuries of Modern Greek Art (1660-1967), vol. II, Papyros publishing, Athens 1979, p. 98 (illustrated).
S. Lydakis, The Greek Sculptors, Melissa publ. vol. 5, Athens 1981, fig.228, p. 115 (illustrated).
C. Christou, M. Kounvakali-Anastasiadi, Modern Greek Sculpture 1800-1940, Commercial Bank of Greece publ., Athens 1982, p. 96 (referred).
Z. Kalognomou, The Work of the Sculptor Thanasis Apartis (1899-1972), doctoral dissertation, Athens 1988, fig. 38.1, p. 288 (illustrated).
Tribute to the Greek Mother, Motherhood in Modern Greek Art, Foundation of the Greek Parliament, Athens 2009, p. 109.