GEORGES MINNE (1866-1941) Lot n° 5

L'AGENOUILLE A LA FONTAINE Bronze Signed on the terrace Height : 79 cm Height : 31.1 in. Signed on the base, bronze Provenance - Private collection Exhibition - Gent : Museum Dr Guislain, Schaamtte, Honte, Shame, 2015 (this version was lent by our collector) This work inspired the "Fountain of the Kneeling" (one of the bronze versions of which is kept at the Musée d'Orsay), presented for the first time at the 1899 "Libre esthétique" exhibition - five brothers who are only reflections of the same image. This image of Narcissus, as Karel van de Woestyne admirably stated, is probably the masterpiece of Georges Minne. Bibliography - Schaamtte, Honte, Shame, cat. exp, Gent, Museum Dr. Guislain, 2015, our Work is exhibited and reproduced on page 17 - Robert Hooze, Monique Tahon-Vanroose, George Minne, en de kunst rond 1900, cat. exp, Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 18 September 1982 - 5 December 1982, similar version reproduced on page 148 as number 71. - Dream and Reality: Collections of the Musée d'Orsay, cat. exhibition, Kobe, Musée Municipal de Kobe, 19 June - 29 August 1999; Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, 14 September - 12 December 1999, similar version reproduced on page 228 as number 127