Live Auction 7832Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
Christie’s roundel
Lot 229

Julio González (1876-1942)

Etude pour Personnage allongé

Closed3 February 2010

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GBP 10,000

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Julio González (1876-1942)
Etude pour Personnage allongé
wax crayon, pen and ink and pencil on paper
7½ x 10 3/8 in. (19.2 x 26.2 cm.)
Executed in 1936

The artist's estate.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, until at least 1983.
Jeffrey Hoffeld & Co., New York (no. 488).
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1987, lot 395.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Philippe Grimminger has confirmed the authenticity of this drawing.

This study is one of a series of drawings that González executed circa 1936 (J. Gibert, Projets pour sculptures personnages, pp. 21-25), which relates to the sculpture Personnage allongé I, circa 1936 (Merkert no. 207).