LOT DETAILS

Materials:

polished bronze

Measurements:

37.01 in. (94.00 cm.) (height) by 15.75 in. (40.00 cm.) (width) by 13.78 in. (35.00 cm.) (width)

Edition:

6 of 6

Markings:

signed, numbered 6/6 and with the foundry mark TEP

Exhibited:

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Gilioli sculptures, 1979, p. 24, another example illustrated in black and white,Mantova, Museo Civico di Palazzo Te, Emile Gilioli, 1985, p. 41, no. 15, another example illustrated in black and white,L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Fondation Donadei de Campredon, Emile Gilioli: Retrospective, 1992, p. 30, another example illustrated in color,Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Fondation de Coubertin, Gilioli 1911-1977, 1998, p. 28, no. 20, another example illustrated in black and whiteDuring his lifetime Gilioli around the world, and since his death his work has been celebrated in exhibitions such as the 1979 retrospective at the Centre George Pompidou, and held in the collections of the Tate in London, MoMA in New York and the Museu de Arte Moderna in São Paulo. In his later career he became well known internationally for his monumental public sculptures, their heavy, solid volumes reminiscent of architecture. La Poupée, however, dates from a period when his work was more human both in its scale and its form. Its sheen is mesmerising, its surface unyielding, and yet its smoothness and those soft curves and mounds are enticingly tactile. La Poupée pulls together disparate elements to create an unexpectedly gratifying whole; but as Emile Gilioli's own life demonstrates, it is sometimes the most unusual combinations which produce the most rewarding results

Provenance:

Private Collection, France (acquired from the artist's studio)