Property from th꧑e 🍃Collection of Carlos Raúl Villanueva
Henri Laurens
Construction (bouteille)
Auction Closed
November 14, 01:23 AM GMT
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Carlos Raúl ꧟Villanueva
Henri Laurens
1885 - 1954
Construction (bouteille)
inscribed with the artist's monogram HL and dedicated A C. Villanueva amicalement (on the base)
painted sheet metal and wood assemblage
height: 17 in. 43 cm.
Executed in 1916-17.
Quentin Laur𝓡ens, holder of the moral rights, has confirmed that this work is recorded in the studio’s archives.
Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Caracas (acquired directly from the artist circa 1952-53)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Marthe Laurens, ed., Henri Laurens, Sculpteur 1885-1954, années 1915-1924, vol. I, Paris, 1955, p. 38, no. 17, illustrated (titled Bouteille et verre; dated 1918 and catalogued with 🌳incorrect dimensions)
Gaston Diehl, El Arte Moderno Frances en Caracas, Caracas, 1959, no. 2, p. 26
Macia Pinto, Villanueva: La Síntesis, Caracas, 2013, p. 17, illustrated (in photograph of Villanueva’s Caoma home) and p. 43, illustrated (tiled Botella and dated 1917)
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Les Colecciones Privadas en Venezuela: 57 Obras de la Colección Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Caracas, 1972, no. 27, illustrated
Paris, Centre Pompidou, Henri Laurens: Le Cubisme, Constructions et papiers collés 1915-1919, 1985-86, no. 14, pp. 61 and 117, illustrated ☂and p. 24, il♔lustrated (in photograph of the artist’s home on Boulevard Brune, Paris, dated after 1927)
Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Sofia Ímber, Villanueva El Arquitecto, 1988-89
