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Roger De La Fresnaye (1885-1925)
Lot 356 Property from the Estate of Morton Swinsky

Roger De La Fresnaye (1885-1925)

Jeune fille retirant sa chemise

Closed2 May 2012

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Roger De La Fresnaye (1885-1925)
Jeune fille retirant sa chemise
signed and numbered 'R. DE LA FRESNAYE 3/6' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis.Rudier Fondeur.Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 30¼ in. (76.8 cm.)
Conceived circa 1910-1911; this bronze version cast by 1950

Galerie Maeght, Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (January 1951).
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris (April 1964).
Weintraub Gallery, New York.
Barbra Streisand, Los Angeles (acquired from the above, January 1980); sale, Christie's, New York, 3 March 1994, lot 152.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note

Jeune fille retirant sa chemise is one of eight sculptures Roger de La Fresnaye executed in 1910 while studying at the Grande Chaumière under the tutelage of Aristide Maillol and alongside the young Raymond Duchamp-Villon.