Auction on
24 February 2023 - 14:00 (CET) -
20, rue Jean-Jaurès - 06400 Cannes
Friends of Picasso, Georges and Suzanne Ramié rubbed shoulders with many Cubist artists. This bronze, which has remained in the ceramists’ family’s collection until today, bears witness to their close relationship with one of them, Henri Laurens.
Henri Laurens (1885–1954), Femme couchée à la draperie (Reclining Woman with Drapery), c. 1925–1930, old bronze proof with a rich brown patina, Alexis Rudier founder, monogram on the edge of the base, 13.4 x 34.1 x 8.1 cm/5.27 x 13.42 x 3.18 in.
Estimate: €120,000/150,000
Henri Laurens (1885–1954), Femme couchée à la draperie (Reclining Woman with Drapery), c. 1925–1930, old bronze proof with a rich brown patina, Alexis Rudier founder, monogram on the edge of the base, 13.4 x 34.1 x 8.1 cm/5.27 x 13.42 x 3.18 in.
Estimate: €120,000/150,000
Very few artists have given Cubism a real interpretation. Henri Laurens (1885-1954) is one of them. Growing up in a Parisian working-class family, he had no academic artistic training but learned carving at a very early age from ornamental sculptors. Meeting…
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