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ANDRE ARBUS (1903-1969)
Lot 28

ANDRE ARBUS (1903-1969)

'ACTEON' A BUST, DESIGNED CIRCA 1959, EXECUTED 1999

Closed26 March 2014

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ANDRE ARBUS (1903-1969)
'ACTEON' A BUST, DESIGNED CIRCA 1959, EXECUTED 1999
number 4 from an edition of 4, executed by Coubertin, patinated and gilt-bronze
45 in. (114.3 cm.) high
signed Arbus, EA IV/IV, and with Coubertin foundry mark 1999

Acquired directly from the estate of André Arbus;
Yves Gastou, Paris.

Specialist note

cf. Y. Brunhammer, André Arbus: Architecte-Décorateur des Années 40, Paris, 1996, p. 341 for an example of the full sculptural realization in 1959 and p. 379 for a period photograph of the full sculptural realization in situ in the Salon at Saint-Nom-La-Bretètche in 1964. The caption also mentions that a reduced version (likely the present version) was realized in 1959.