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BALTASAR LOBO (1910-1993)
Lot 342 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION

BALTASAR LOBO (1910-1993)

Torse

Closed24 March 2021

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GBP 40,000

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BALTASAR LOBO (1910-1993)
Torse
signed, numbered and inscribed with the foundry mark 'Lobo 1/9 Susse Fr Paris' (on the back of the figure's legs)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.)
Height including base: 27 ½ in. (70 cm.)
Conceived in 1958; cast in bronze by Susse Fondeur in a numbered edition of eight plus four artist's proofs; this example cast in 1960

Galerie Nathan, Zurich, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

During his career Lobo was known to have changed the number of the editions of some of his works several times. For Torse he initially planned to produce nine casts, but eventually decided to reduce the size of the edition. This explains why the present lot is numbered '1/9' although the artist decided to cast only eight examples, plus four artist's proofs eventually. Some of the casts in the edition were made with a golden patina, like the present sculpture, while others are patinated in brown.