Live Auction 796720th Century British & Irish Art
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915)
Lot 172

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915)

Brass Toy

Closed26 May 2011

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GBP 34,850

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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915)
Brass Toy
numbered '2/3' (on the underside)
bronze with a brown patina
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long
Conceived in cut brass in 1914, and presumably cast in bronze in an edition of 3.

Purchased by the present owners from Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.

Specialist note

The present work belongs to a small group of sculptures that were made in response to a request from the critic and poet, T.E. Hulme (1883-1917), for a sculptural object that could be carried around in the pocket and was designed to be handled.