LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with brown patina

Size Notes:

181 by 113.3 by 143cm., 71¼ by 44.5 by 56¼in.

Markings:

inscribed 3/8; with Coubertin Hauteur Foundry stamp

Exhibited:

Paris, Musée Dapper, Les trois premiers bronzes d'Ousmane Sow, 26 April-30 June 2001; Paris, Galerie J.G.M, Ousmane Sow, 9 April-4 May 2002; ;

Literature:

Jean-Louis Pivin and Pascal Martin St Léon, Ousmane Sow. Sculptures, edited by Revue Noire, April 1995, illustrated in colour p. 16 & 17 (another version); Ousmane Sow, Paris le Pont des Arts (exhibition catalogue), 1999, illustrated in colour p. 14 & 15 (another version)

Provenance:

Artcurial, Briest-Le Fur-Poulain, F.Tajan, Paris., Art Contemporain, 21 October 2007, Lot 0154A; Acquired from the above sale by the present owner; ;