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OSSIP ZADKINE (1890-1967)
Lot 736SOLD WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART TO BENEFIT ACQUISITION FUNDS

OSSIP ZADKINE (1890-1967)

Le Discobole

Fermé18 May 2024

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USD 529,200

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OSSIP ZADKINE (1890-1967)
Le Discobole
signed 'O. ZADKINE' (on the top of the base)
carved pear-tree wood on concrete base
Height (including base): 99 ¾ in. (253.3 cm.)
Carved in 1928; unique

La France Art Institute (Bernard Davis), Philadelphia (acquired from the artist, circa 1938-1939).
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 1945.

Note du spécialiste

“When I think of Niobé, Discobole and many other sculptures of mine from that period … all in wood, I smile: it’s the greenness that still appeals to me in these things.”
-Ossip Zadkine