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Lot 488 PROPERTY FROM THE ISRAEL MUSEUM, JERUSALEM, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND: FROM THE ARTHUR AND MADELEINE CHALETTE LEJWA COLLECTION
Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918)
Cheval et cavalier, second état, dit "Le cavalier droit"
Closed12 November 2019
Price Realised
USD 23,750
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The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Association Duchamp Villon Crotti.
Duchamp-Villon reinvents the traditional theme of the horse in the present sculpture through an aesthetic vocabulary that employs Cubist elements to mechanize the animal's natural form. "The most profound and complex embodiment of the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century is Duchamp-Villon's Horse, symbol of a revolution still in progress" (W.C. Agee, op. cit., p. 89).
Duchamp-Villon reinvents the traditional theme of the horse in the present sculpture through an aesthetic vocabulary that employs Cubist elements to mechanize the animal's natural form. "The most profound and complex embodiment of the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century is Duchamp-Villon's Horse, symbol of a revolution still in progress" (W.C. Agee, op. cit., p. 89).