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CHARLES MALFRAY (1887-1940)
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CHARLES MALFRAY (1887-1940)
Tête de femme
Bronze with green-brown patina
Signed and numbered "E/A" with no foundry mark
Bronze with green-brown patina, signed and numbered "E/A" with no foundry mark 21,5 cm - 8 1/2 in.
PROVENANCE Private collection, France (by descent) "Sculpture, no more than painting, has as its goal to "represent" nature. On the contrary, nature is only a "pretext" and a means to manifest one's "self". Art is and must be pure 'creation' of the brain and heart."
Charles Malfray, Notes (Suite sur la sculpture), May 1926, quoted in cat. exhibition, Paris, Galerie
Malaquais, Charles Malfray 1887-1940, sculpteur, 2007
Tête de femme
Bronze with green-brown patina
Signed and numbered "E/A" with no foundry mark
Bronze with green-brown patina, signed and numbered "E/A" with no foundry mark 21,5 cm - 8 1/2 in.
PROVENANCE Private collection, France (by descent) "Sculpture, no more than painting, has as its goal to "represent" nature. On the contrary, nature is only a "pretext" and a means to manifest one's "self". Art is and must be pure 'creation' of the brain and heart."
Charles Malfray, Notes (Suite sur la sculpture), May 1926, quoted in cat. exhibition, Paris, Galerie
Malaquais, Charles Malfray 1887-1940, sculpteur, 2007