1916756

Picasso Bronze Cubist Bronze Bust, #1916756

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Picasso Bronze Cubist Bronze Bust,  #1916756
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This rare Picasso signed from the cast bronze sculpture bust is only one of 10 from the last cast of the retired mold of Head of a Woman, Elsewhere known as Fernande. THE BUST I HAVE OFFERED IS AFTER THE ORIGINAL MOLD!, from the last cast of the last mold from the Domaine Picasso Estate Collection.
<p>This piece comes complete with the original Picasso COA plus a copy of the $30,000.00 Valuation. <p>Picasso's Fernande is one of the great moments in the history of modernist sculpture. The original is one of the very first works executed in the fall of 1909 upon his return from a sojourn in Horta, Spain, Tete de Femme (Fernande) reveals that Picasso's efforts in three-dimensional volume had matured to an unprecedented level of audacity and complexity. This trip to Horta, taken with his companion Fernande Olivier, held a critical importance for the development of the artist's career and has been regarded by many critics and historians as Picasso's arch-cubist moment. Picasso had known Fernande since 1904. In the summer of 1909 (shortly before the 1909 sculpture was executed), Fernande fell ill with a kidney disorder. Picasso, albeit grumpily, stayed by Fernande's bedside throughout her ordeal. The particular intensity of the physical features, and the furrows that seem to have been chiseled into the flesh of the model (and in Tete de Femme [Fernande]) can be read as indications of the strains imposed on Fernande during this period. The intense physical presence of the sculpture ...
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#: 855</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Very good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:See Description</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Picasso Bronze Cubist Bronze Bust, </td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Chicago, IL</td></tr>
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