LOT DETAILS

Materials:

painted copper and brass

Measurements:

15.71 in. (39.90 cm.) (height) by 25.00 in. (63.50 cm.) (width) by 14.76 in. (37.50 cm.) (width)

Edition:

unique; AP

Markings:

signed with the initials 'A.P.' (lower left on the central conical element) and inscribed '36' (lower right on the central conical element)

Exhibited:

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Antoine Pevsner, Georges Vantongerloo, Max Bill, October - November 1949, no. 15, n.p. (with incorrect dimensions). Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Antoine Pevsner, December 1956 - March 1957, no. 32, p. 19. Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Colección Carlos Raúl Villanueva, 1972, no. 41, n.p. (illustrated n.p.; dated '1936'). Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Villanueva el arquitecto, November 1988 - February 1989.

Literature:

P. Peissi, Antoine Pevsner, Hommage d'un ami, Neuchâtel, 1961, no. 80, p. 150 (illustrated n.p.; dated '1936'). A. Lardera, Antoine Pevsner, sa vie, son oeuvre, Paris, 1992 (illustrated fig. 50, n.p.). M. Ménier, 'Aux pieds de la tour Eiffel..', in Pevsner (1884-1962), Colloque international Antoine Pevsner, Paris, 1992, p. 77 (illustrated p. 63). É. Lebon & P. Brullé, Antoine Pevsner, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 2002, no. 46, p. 126 (illustrated p. 127).

Provenance:

The artist's collection, until at least 1961. Carlos R. Villanueva, Caracas, by whom acquired from the above, by 1972. Private collection. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.