Auction:
May Auction in Expo 58 ART
Author:
André Masson
Year:
(1886 – 1987)
Artwork:
Frére et Soeur
Created:
1942
Starting/Selling price:
26 000 EUR
Estimate:
28 000 – 40 000 EUR
Sold:
650.000 Kč
bronze with dark brown patina (no. 1/3)
height: 60 cm
signed by initials, numbered and inscribed: 1/3 AM DUECI F.BRUSTOLIN VERONA
conceived in 1942
cast by Brustolin and executed in a edition of 3 pcs for Galerie Due Ci, Rome, in 1986
Provenance:
– Galleria Due Ci, Rome,1986
– private collection Italy
– Christies London, Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, March 3, 2017, lot 50, sold for GBP 29.480 (plus shipping, an invoice enclosed)
– private collection Prague
Literature:
– R. Passeron, Andre Masson, Catalogue général des sculptures, Turin, 1987, no. 13, pp. 109-110, illustrated under no. 54
The Comité Masson has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
