Léon INDENBAUM (1890-1981) Lot n° 11

Head of Foujita II. Direct carving on black marble from Belgium. Not signed. Model created in 1914. H : 34 cm. (small chips on the edge of the base and small white marks on the surface). This model of sculpture is a variant of the one that was in the collection of Karl Lagerfeld. Provenance : - Artist's studio Collection Mr P.L, France. - Collection Mr P. L. - Private collection, Paris. Bibliography : - Art Deco sale, Karl Lagerfeld collection, Hôtel Drouot, 21/11/1975, study Audap-Godeau-Solanet, variant reproduced in cat n.74. - Le Bateau-Lavoir et la Ruche, Montmartre et Montparnasse", Jeanine Warnod, 29/09/1993 - 8/02/1995, travelling exhibition in several Japanese museums, for a bronze reproduced on p.65 of the catalog. "La Ruche, cité des artistes 1902-2009", Sylvie Buisson and Martine Frésia, Palais Lumière, Evian, 7/02 - 10/05/2009, for a patinated bronze model reproduced p.87. Jeanine Warnod, " Les Artistes de Montparnasse LaRuche ", Editions Mayer-Van Wilder, 1988, for the polychrome cement model reproduced on page 46. - Montparnasse Atelier du Monde, ses artistes venus d'ailleurs, hommage à Kisling 1891-1953", Palais de La Bourse de Marseille, 1992, for a similar model made in bronze and reproduced in color under number 77 on page 52.